His win as leading rider was his fourth at the Spa. Ortiz stepped into the winner's circle to accept the award from his boyhood idol, Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr. The awards for outstanding achievement were made to jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., trainer Chad Brown and Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables. Unsuitable weather and footing conditions forced 16 races off the turf and onto the main track.
The racing numbers were 417 races run, 218 on the main track and 199 on the turf. “This summer’s record handle, increasing strong attendance and the highest ever viewership on Fox Sports demonstrates the enduring and expanding appeal of Saratoga Race Course,” said Dave O’Rourke, NYRA’s President and CEO. The daily paid attendance figure this year, despite a punishing early-meet heat wave, was 26,890. That number marks the seventh consecutive season when attendance topped the million mark - exclusive of 2020 when the gates were closed due to COVID-19. That was 10 percent better than 2021.ġ.075 million fans accounted for the paid attendance. On-track handle, a category that could be re-named because it includes New York state residents betting off-track through their NYRA Bets accounts, totaled $152 million. The average daily handle of $21.9 million is the highest in the storied history of the Spa.
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