Trainer
Jorge Duarte Jr
4 starters today at Laurel Park, Belmont Park
Today's starters
| Post (ET) | Race | Horse | M/L | Model win | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | LRL R1 | #8 Light De Night | 5-1 | 14% | Jorge Ruiz |
| 3:21 PM | LRL R7 | #3 Grind It Out | 20-1 | 5% | Jorge Ruiz |
| 4:35 PM | BEL R9 | #3 Mezcal Mama | 15-1 | 4% | Rajiv Maragh |
| 4:35 PM | BEL R9 | #14 Best Girl Magic | 10-1 | 5% | Rajiv Maragh |
Model win chance is the card model on each race page; the morning-line favourite wins more often than our top-ranked horse.
This meet
Laurel Park
| Surface | Won | Starts | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirt | 0 | 1 | too few to rate |
| Turf | 0 | 4 | too few to rate |
| All surfaces | 0 | 5 | too few to rate |
Belmont Park
| Surface | Won | Starts | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirt | 0 | 1 | too few to rate |
| All surfaces | 0 | 1 | too few to rate |
Starts at the same track in the 45 days before today, the window the race pages call “this meet.” Under 8 starts we show the count only; under 30, rates move a lot and are tagged.
Last 12 months by race type
| Race type | Won | Starts | Win rate | 1st–3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graded stakes | 0 | 2 | too few to rate | |
| Other stakes | 1 | 7 | too few to rate | |
| Allowance / optional claiming | 10 | 43 | 23% | 44% |
| Maiden special weight | 10 | 32 | 31% | 53% |
| Claiming $25,000+ | 0 | 1 | too few to rate | |
| Claiming under $25,000 | 2 | 8 | 25% small sample | 62% |
| Maiden claiming | 6 | 28 | 21% small sample | 43% |
| All | 29 | 121 | 24% | 47% |
Thoroughbred races in our results data, through Oct 29, 2026. Name matched on surname and first initial, so two people who share both can be merged.
By situation
| Situation | Starts | Win rate | 1st–3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| On turf | 258 | 17% | 45% |
| Sprints | 249 | 20% | 47% |
| Shipping in | 188 | 18% | 47% |
| On dirt | 176 | 18% | 49% |
| Allowance races | 98 | 21% | 43% |
| Two-year-olds | 88 | 18% | 48% |
| Second start off a layoff | 74 | 19% | 51% |
| Back from 46–90 days off | 69 | 23% | 54% |
| Claiming races | 54 | 19% | 54% |
| Maiden winner last time | 32 | 19% | 38% |
| First-time blinkers | 31 | 19% | 45% |
| Route to sprint | 21 | 14% small sample | 48% |
The trainer's record in each situation as printed with today's past performances (first-time starters, layoffs, surface and distance switches and so on).
With today's jockeys
| Jockey | Today | Won | Starts | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Ruiz | Light De Night, Grind It Out | 0 | 5 | too few to rate |
| Rajiv Maragh | Mezcal Mama, Best Girl Magic | 1 | 3 | too few to rate |
Starts together in the last 12 months, through Oct 29, 2026.
Recent starters
| Date | Race | Horse | Finish | M/L | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/29 | LRL R9 | Maybe Gold | 2nd of 8 | 9-2 | Jorge Ruiz |
| 10/29 | BEL R6 | She Said So | 8th of 9 | 6-1 | Rajiv Maragh |
| 10/23 | LRL R7 | Target Market | 3rd of 9 | 5-1 | Horacio Karamanos |
| 10/19 | PRX R8 | Subrogate | 2nd of 6 | 5-1 | Paco Lopez |
| 10/6 | PRX R8 | National Law | 4th of 6 | 8-5 | Paco Lopez |
| 10/3 | LRL R6 | Grind It Out | 5th of 5 | 5-2 | Johan Rosado |
| 10/2 | MED R4 | Best Girl Magic | 6th of 9 | 6-1 | Rajiv Maragh |
| 9/26 | LRL R8 | Maybe Gold | 5th of 9 | 3-1 | Emmanuel Esquivel |
| 9/25 | DEL R5 | Flamenco Star | 12th of 12 | 9-2 | Paco Lopez |
| 9/25 | MED R5 | Pure Bliss | 2nd of 7 | 5-2 | Paco Lopez |
The last 10 settled starts in our results data, through Oct 29, 2026. M/L is the morning line.