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Fifth Eclipse for Irad Ortiz, Concepcion Named Champion Apprentice

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Updated: January 25, 2024 at 8:48 pm

Juddmonte's Elite Power and jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. win the Grade I $2,000,000 Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint Saturday, November 4, 2023 at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA. ©Benoit Photo

Irad Ortiz, Jr., who continued to break earnings records in 2023, won his fourth Eclipse Award as champion jockey Thursday night in Florida. Ortiz, whose mounts earned $39,192,585 last year, rode Eclipse finalists White Abarrio, Elite Power and Goodnight Olive to Breeders' Cup victories in 2023.

The Eclipse Award for leading Apprentice Jockey went to Axel Concepcion. The 18-year-old Puerto Rican led apprentice riders in both wins and earnings having ridden the winners of 199 races and earners of $5,179,154. He was also the leading rider at Laurel Park's spring meeting.