Trainer

Joe Sharp

4 starters today at Churchill Downs

Today's starters

Post (ET)RaceHorseM/LModel winJockey
2:27 PMCD R4#5 Pulling Threads9-215%Yomar Ortiz Jr
2:57 PMCD R5#5 Lahainaluna7-215%Jose L Ortiz
3:55 PMCD R7#3 Aegis5-230%Irad Ortiz Jr
4:55 PMCD R9#8 Sharp Mindset7-212%Yomar Ortiz Jr

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

Churchill Downs

SurfaceWonStartsWin rate
Dirt63219%
Turf27too few to rate
All surfaces83921%

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 typeWonStartsWin rate1st–3rd
Graded stakes52421% small sample38%
Other stakes126818%50%
Allowance / optional claiming5626221%57%
Maiden special weight2717116%46%
Claiming $25,000+2610824%66%
Claiming under $25,000357348%79%
Maiden claiming2611922%55%
All18782523%56%

Thoroughbred races in our results data, through Oct 27, 2026. Name matched on surname and first initial, so two people who share both can be merged.

By situation

SituationStartsWin rate1st–3rd
On dirt132920%48%
Sprints119417%42%
On turf101416%40%
Allowance races68718%42%
Shipping in63018%45%
Maiden special weights54712%37%
Back from 46–90 days off42218%40%
Maiden claiming races30619%47%
Turf to dirt25122%47%
Second start off a layoff23921%52%
Back from 90+ days off19017%47%
Route to sprint14616%44%
Second start after a claim8721%55%
Second start for the barn8019%44%
Down two or more classes3636%47%

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

JockeyTodayWonStartsWin rate
Yomar Ortiz JrPulling Threads, Sharp Mindset1119% small sample
Jose L OrtizLahainaluna5318928%
Irad Ortiz JrAegis239225%

Starts together in the last 12 months, through Oct 27, 2026.

Recent starters

DateRaceHorseFinishM/LJockey
10/26IND R2Solsia4th of 67-2Yomar Ortiz Jr.
10/25CD R4Voli TeWon of 119-2Jose Ortiz
10/25CD R4Cowgirl Tuff9th of 1115-1Yomar Ortiz Jr.
10/25CD R3Pirate Ship3rd of 87-2Irad Ortiz Jr.
10/24BEL R10Wynstock2nd of 107-2Kendrick Carmouche
10/24BEL R9Bosun4th of 612-1Kendrick Carmouche
10/24KEE R5Hard ChampWon of 109-2Yomar Ortiz Jr.
10/24KEE R5Sangarette8th of 106-1Irad Ortiz Jr.
10/24BEL R2Sun Kissed Bliss5th of 55-2Kendrick Carmouche
10/23BEL R9Bohemian3rd of 95-1Umberto Rispoli

The last 10 settled starts in our results data, through Oct 27, 2026. M/L is the morning line.

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