Jockey
Group 1 · Global season 2026
Jose L Ortiz
12 Group 1 wins as a jockey
Top trainerCherie DeVaux · 4 wins
Top horseMagnitude · 2 wins · €7,139,455
Most Group 1 wins atSaratoga · 5 wins
Biggest Group 1 winDubai World Cup · €6,032,318
First Group 1 win of the seasonDubai World Cup · 28.03.26
Latest Group 1 winBreeders' Cup Distaff · 31.10.26
Prize money€18,986,969
Average prize per win€1,286,916
Winning horses7
Countries2
Tracks5
Different trainers5
Group 1 prize money by year
2026so far€19.0M5.6 %12 wins · 28 placesBest year so farBest year so far
2025€4.4M1.4 %5 wins · 20 places
2024€3.1M1.0 %3 wins · 13 places
2023€3.0M1.1 %4 wins · 12 places
2022€2.9M1.4 %6 wins · 10 places
2021€4.7M2.3 %6 wins · 18 places
2020€1.8M1.2 %1 win · 21 places
Prize money earned in all Group 1 placings as a jockey, in euros at the exchange rate of each race day.Share of all Group 1 prize money paid worldwide in that year, comparable although purses keep rising.
Every Group 1 win as a jockey in 2026
| Breeders' Cup Distaff | USA | Nitrogen | Keeneland | €1,107,138 | 31.10.26 | |
| Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf | USA | Kathynmarissa | Keeneland | €1,107,138 | 31.10.26 | |
| Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes | USA | Minaret Station | Belmont at Aqueduct | €276,784 | 01.10.26 | |
| H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes | USA | Englishman | Saratoga | €276,784 | 29.08.26 | |
| Diana Stakes | USA | Kathynmarissa | Saratoga | €276,784 | 18.07.26 | |
| Stephen Foster Stakes | USA | Magnitude | Churchill Downs | €1,107,138 | 27.06.26 | |
| Belmont Stakes | USA | Golden Tempo | Saratoga | €1,107,138 | 06.06.26 | |
| Woody Stephens Stakes | USA | Englishman | Saratoga | €276,784 | 06.06.26 | |
| Ogden Phipps Stakes | USA | Nitrogen | Saratoga | €276,784 | 05.06.26 | |
| Kentucky Derby | USA | Golden Tempo | Churchill Downs | €2,767,844 | 02.05.26 | |
| Kentucky Oaks | USA | Always A Runner | Churchill Downs | €830,353 | 01.05.26 | |
| Dubai World Cup | UAE | Magnitude | Meydan | €6,032,318 | 28.03.26 |
Behind the wins as a jockey in 2026
2026 Global seasonTrainers
Winning horses
Tracks
1Saratoga5 wins
2Churchill Downs3 wins
3Keeneland2 wins
4Belmont at Aqueduct1 win
5Meydan1 win