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For as long as Jose Ortiz has been riding, he has been following his brother.
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There are 20 ways to lose the Kentucky Derby, and one of them comes with a number stitched neatly onto the saddle cloth like a warning label.
The five-time Eclipse Award winner for outstanding jockey has been the regular rider for leading Kentucky Derby contenders Renegade, Commandment and Further Ado.
Irad Ortiz Jr., who was scheduled to ride favorite Forte in Saturday's 149th running of the Kentucky Derby, will now ride the Dale Romans-trained Cyclone Mischief instead.
The work to uncover the winner of the 149th Kentucky Derby is approaching the final turn.
In four-plus decades of covering the Kentucky Derby, I wondered if columns analyzing the post position draw belonged in the Yada Yada Yada/Blah Blah Blah category.