Five-time Eclipse-winning jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., who just returned Oct. 2 from a foot injury that kept him from riding for nearly two months, was unseated at the start of Race 9 at Keeneland on Thursday, Oct. 22. The on-site UK HealthCare medical team removed Ortiz, Jr. from the track and evaluated him at First Aid before transferring him to a Lexington-area hospital via stretcher.

Keeneland released the following statement: “[Ortiz, Jr.] is alert and has been transported to the hospital for further evaluation of a possible lower extremity injury.”

According to the Equibase chart, Ortiz, Jr's mount She's Good Trouble (Rock Your World) “stumbled a stride after the start and dislodged her rider.”

Dream Runner Stables LLC's She's Good Trouble, a 2-year-old filly trained by Joe Sharp and making just her second lifetime start, stayed on her feet and ran with the field until she was caught by an outrider. She walked off the track under her own power.

This story will be updated. 

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