Irad Ortiz Jr., the leading rider at the Aqueduct fall meet with 24 victories, is off all nine of his mounts this afternoon as he is going to be at Penn National to ride Firenze Fire, the morning-line favorite, in tonight's $200,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap.
Replacing him at Aqueduct are:
Race 1 -- #3 Hostile Witness will be Reylu Gutierrez
Race 2 -- #4 Princess Victoria will be Reylu Gutierrez
Race 3 -- #1 Maiden Beauty will be Manny Franco
Race 4 -- #1 Clear the Ramp will be Jose Ortiz
Race 5 -- #3 Miss Jak will be Dylan Davis
Race 6 -- #2 Implied Volatility will be Reylu Gutierrezz
Race 7 -- # 2 Aye Aye Sir will be Jose Ortiz
Race 8 -- #5 Foolish Living will be Jose Ortiz
Race 9 -- #4 Blacktop Legend will be Dylan Davis
Also, races 6 and 7 remain ON the turf, which will be labeled yielding
Races 4 and 9 are OFF the turf and will be run at their scheduled distance of six furlongs.