Ortiz in stable condition

Apprentice jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. remains in stable condition at North Shore

University Hospital with a concussion sustained following a spill in Saturday's

10TH race at Belmont Park. He is awaiting a head MRI that was expected to occur

Sunday.

Ortiz is able to move all of his body parts, the preliminary baseline

neurological tests are good, and doctors are optimistic about his condition,

according to the New York Racing Association (NYRA) jockey advocate.

In the race, a 1 1/16-mile maiden claimer on the Widener turf course, Ortiz

was aboard Freud's Debut (Freud), who stumbled and fell shortly after the start

of the race, unseating his rider.

Ortiz, 18, won 75 races in his native Puerto Rico this year before coming to

ride at Belmont Park, where he has two wins since the meet began in late April.

The three-year-old Freud's Debut, who is trained by Mark Hennig, appeared

uninjured in the spill.