Good Temper

Mark Stanley had a fair idea what must have happened when hearing a sudden cascade of message alerts as they drove along. "Based on, nobody calls to tell you a horse ran bad," he says wryly. "We were out with our grandkids, so I'd taped the race. And then my phone just starts exploding. So I knew he must have won, even before we got back and watched it. Obviously I have nothing to do with him, now, but we've enjoyed following him a lot more than I thought I...

Irad Ortiz, Jr., a five-time Eclipse Award winner for Outstanding Jockey, captured his 4,000th career win aboard Good Temper in Sunday's first race at Keeneland. Trained by Will Walden for owner Mark Stanley, Good Temper showed the way in the 1 1/16-mile dirt route for juvenile fillies, drawing off to win by 1 3/4-lengths as the odds-on favorite. "I just have to thank God first. I started in New York in 2011, and they opened their home for me, supported me big time every day," said Ortiz, Jr. to Keeneland...