Jose Ortiz and the Ruby

Well, but really pleased to welcome in jockey Jose Ortiz,

who we learned very recently will be moving his mouths to

Kentucky's tactic Kentucky in general.

Jose, good morning. How are you?

I'm good. How are you?

Hey, I'm doing great. Thanks so much for making time

for us this morning. Talk us through this real quick,

man. You've got 55 mounts today down

to Gulfstream Park. You're getting out of, you're

getting out of plane. You're going to ride 123-4568

races tomorrow here in Florence and then fly it back to Gulf

Stream. What is that like for a jockey?

Can you kind of describe that process?

That's pretty normal for for the guys that that that go out of

town and try their stakes on Saturday, Not the flight to

Kentucky, I mean to Cincinnati. Today is a little, yeah, is not

the best because I have to connect in Atlanta today.

But tomorrow Sunday morning, I will have a direct flight back

to Florida, which is going to be easy.

There you go. I can't imagine can't he got a

plate on Sunday morning and having a rides, of course, is

right after that. Jose Ortiz with us here.

Andre Bowenco, ESP at 680-1057. I'm sure a guy like Jose Ortiz

has a lot of options for Derby preps, including the Louisiana

Derby which will happen tomorrow.

You are coming up here to ride both obviously in the Jeff Ruby

Stakes, but also in the Latonia, the rush away some other races

as well. Why make the travel appear to

turf way rather than other races?

That honestly, we ride a lot for Todd and he, he sent me to

Turfway on Saturday, so that's where I'm going.

I just go wherever, whatever my agent Steve Russian tell me to

go. That's what I'll be there.

You go, you will be on, you know and if people are trying to keep

track of who's in and who's out of the Jeff Ruby Agate Rd. will

not make the trip. Will not be in the field

tomorrow. But triple espresso will.

Son of Omaha beach Indian Charlie on the mom's side.

Last time we saw him was in that Colonel Liam on the turf down

there at Gulfstream Park. Can you tell us a little bit

about Triple Espresso and what you expect from him in the Jeff

Ruby tomorrow? Yeah, I think he's a nice horse.

He got five stars and every time he he has run well.

So I mean the post position is not going to be great but we're

going to have to work a trip from out there.

Like I say he's a nice horse and he always show up so I'm hoping

he he takes to the to the synthetic track tomorrow and I

mean he's a horse that come from the back.

So hopefully we can get a good position going to the first turn

and just try to work a nice trip from there.

But I think he's a nice horse. He's doing good.

I think his last race was pretty good down here and now we're

pretty excited. We think he he he belong in the

race and and we like our chances.

You ride a lot for Todd Pletcher.

You mentioned that. And jockey Jose Ortiz with us.

He'll be here at Turfway Park tomorrow.

I'm Louie Rebeau. I am at Turfway Park here.

Audra Bow and Co ESPN 681057. You you said you met.

You ride for Todd Pletcher a lot.

And obviously that's just true. But this is a horse that, after

a maiden win, was immediately put into stakes company.

Do you take those kinds of cues from a trainer like Todd

Pletcher that, hey, he really thinks a lot of this horse?

Actually this horse debut in colonial down on a stake with

me, he run a he run a very good second.

So I knew that they were very high on him early on.

I think he got beat first to start he didn't quite went his

way but then he he came back down here and he looked he

looked very promising. So I mean when you debut a horse

in a stake race, you know the trainer is high on him but Todd

is very, he's very classy. He don't say he don't say much

but when you see that kind of move that they debut a horse on

a stake you you you would think they they they're very high on

the horse. So like I said, I think he's a

nice horse. I had the opportunity to rode

him twice and I like what I felt.

I was unlucky. I couldn't get a win on him but

hopefully tomorrow we'll get the win.

The jockey Jose Ortiz with us. You're also going to be on

Wolfie's Dyna Ghost in the Grade 3 Kentucky Cup Classic that's

back up to a graded stakes here at Turfway Park.

Wolfie is probably going to be the favorite almost for sure.

You've gotten a fair amount of a two-part question here.

Are you excited to ride him because he's a superstar up

here? But also you've gotten a fair

amount of experience now riding the this all weather track,

similar surface at Gulfstree Park that we have here at

Turfway Park. Do you think that'll help out

tomorrow? And what do you expect from

Wolfie's Dynagos? Yeah, I think Wolfie is.

He's a very nice horse. He loved the the synthetic,

which is great and I mean about me writing synthetic, I really

love it. Yeah, it helps a lot that I've

been writing synthetic here in the Daily Basis and making that

trip there which is going to be very easy transaction because

I'm I'm doing it every day. I mean when you ride in dirt and

turf and then you go to the Synteric, it take you resort 2

to get used to. But because I'm riding it every

day here, it's going to be very easy.

I really like to ride. I really like to ride on the on

the synthetic track. Why?

Can you tell us why that is? Because yeah, yeah, yeah.

Go ahead. Going back to Wolfie, he's he's

he's a very nice horse so hopefully he'll break good out

of the game and obviously he he chose speed and hopefully we can

get a nice break from there. That'll be race 10 tomorrow.

Obviously, Wolf, he's dying to go 6 year old Geldie horse

there. He'll be the three horse for

Jonathan Thomas, of course. Our guy Jose Ortiz, who joins us

here on Rabo and Co on ESPN, 680-1057.

The big news Jose, of course was that you're going to be moving

your tactic into Kentucky and can you kind of talk us through

it? If anyone follows the sport,

they know that you've been a largely New York and Florida

based rider. We've seen some other people

move their tack here with a lot of Luis Saez.

Obviously Tyler Gaffeleon has had a ton of success, both the

Keeland and at Churchill Downs. What is it about the Kentucky

circuit that works for you, for your family?

Why is why move the tactic Kentucky I?

Think Kentucky obviously have a lot of horses.

You can see all the field sizes are are big and and the racing

is great out there. A lot of stakes.

I mean go horses. I think Kentucky and New York

are obviously the best two places to be on the East Coast.

And me and my wife, we've been talking for like 2 years like

make see if we go somewhere else for for the kids and think

Kentucky is the place and what are your plans right now?

How? How many are are you planning a

Churchill in Keeland? Are you planning anything else

past that Ellis or or will you probably head back to Saratoga?

Definitely. I head back to Saratoga and in

the winter I will head back to to Golf Dream.

So I'm going to be like Churchill and Keeneland.

That's fantastic. You know, talk about riding at

those two places. They couldn't be much more

different, obviously Keeneland and much more of a country

setting, an older feel to the building there, very renovated

situation at Churchill Downs, the new paddock and those kinds

of things. What's the biggest difference,

you think, riding at Keeneland and riding at Churchill?

But not much. I really love both places

obviously I think that the turf course in in in Keeneland is is

fantastic and it's a long stretch which I love it give you

a lot of options. I think both tracks are are very

fair just hopefully we we we get a a nice turf course in in

Churchill this year and then but I think both places are are

great. I love riding in both places and

they both unique. I'm very excited to be going up

there now. Yeah, two questions will get you

out of here. You also have ridden a Kentucky

Downs. What is it like riding a

Kentucky Downs and do you like it?

I love it. It's such a unique racetrack and

I I have been very successful on it thanks to the support I'm

getting from the trainer and the owner, you know.

But I think over there you just have to let the horse get

comfortable and honestly the horse doesn't like it.

Is nothing you can do, but you have to just ride the race.

You cannot look at the form much, not like all the race

track. You know the strap always how I

approach it. Just try to break and make my

horse feel happy. And you know the heels are

unique. The turns long stretch a bend on

the 8 pole. I mean it's it's kind of weird

but it for me it's challenging because it's something new that

you have to I don't know you have to figure it out in in 7-8

days and then if you're never going to do it again for a year.

So it's very challenging for for I, for me personally and I like

that. I like.

I'm competitive. I like to.

I like to get better and do better.

So I I really like. I really love Kentucky Down,

honestly. He's a nice place.

Well, there you go. Well, he's Jose Ortiz.

Go find him on Twitter. Is it Jose, 93, under score

Otis, I believe is what I wrote down this morning.

Go find him on Twitter. Go follow him there.

And Jose, good luck to you, my best to your family on the move

and everything happening with Kentucky.

And we will see you here at Turfway Park tomorrow.

Yes, Sir. Thank you.