A Baker’s Dozen for Ortiz Jr. on Fountain of Youth Day
At 0h02, on February 25, 2026 • By Gulfstream Park
Leading jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. will ride in 13 of Saturday’s 14 races on Fountain of Youth Day, including five for trainer Brad Cox. The only race Ortiz Jr. will not ride is the seventh race, the Gulfstream Park Mile (G3).
Here are Ortiz’s mounts along with the trainer:
Race 1: Allowance optional claimer – Smooth Breeze (Jorge Abreu); Race 2: Maiden special weight – Sovereign Law (Cox); Race 3: Colonel Liam Stakes – Honey Dutch (Whit Beckman); Race 4: Canadian Turf (G3) – Wolfie’s Dynaghost (Brian Lynch); Race 5: maiden special weight – Hickman Creek (Cox); Race 6: Herecomesthebride (G3) – Spirit Doll (Saffie Joseph Jr.); Race 8: Allowance optional claimer – Chapman’s Peak (Cox); Race 9: handicap – Horsepower (Joe Orseno); Race 10: The Very One (G3) – Candy Quest (Mark Casse); Race 11: Davona Dale (G2) – On Time Girl (Cox); Race 12: Honey Fox (G3) – Crevalle d’Oro; Race 13: Mac Diarmida (G2) – Anegada (Mike Maker); Race 14: Fountain of Youth (G2) – Commandment (Cox).
Jockey Dylan Davis, returning from a spill on Nov. 14 that left him with nine fractured ribs, a collapsed left lung and broken right collarbone, has been named on two horses on Fountain of Youth Day.
Davis is named by trainer Mike Maker on Army Officer in Race 8, an allowance optional claimer on the turf, and on Public Defender in the Honey Fox (G3) in Race 12. Public Defender is trained by Saffie Joseph Jr.
