Cruz J — Jockey Profile, Recent Rides, Upcoming Mounts & Stats
⏱ Upcoming rides — Monday 5 October 2026
★ Recent rides — last 14 days
Recent rides matched by name across the last 14 days of NA results. Some rides at smaller tracks may be missing or duplicated where multiple riders share a surname.
Betting Guides — How the Payouts Work
Fresh from the results? Get sharper for the next card with our beginner-to-intermediate horse-racing guides.
Pari-Mutuel Betting Explained
How the pool system works: your bet goes into a shared pot, minus takeout, split among the winning tickets.
Read guide →How to Read Past Performances
The DRF past-performance line contains everything you need to handicap — if you know how to read every column.
Read guide →The Best Way to Pick a Winner
Speed figures, class drops, jockey/trainer form, pace scenarios — the layered read every serious horseplayer builds.
Read guide →Win, Place & Show Explained
The three straight bets every horseplayer starts with — when to use each and how the pari-mutuel pool sets the payoff.
Read guide →How to Read a Racing Program
Class, distance, surface, workouts — the codes on your program deciphered line by line.
Read guide →Fixed-Odds Racing Explained
Some US operators now offer fixed odds on select races. When to lock in the price and when to trust the tote.
Read guide →More than 70 guides in our library — from parimutuel basics to advanced multi-race ticket construction. Browse all horse.bet betting guides →
Handicappers’ Toolkit
Free calculators and model picks the horse.bet team uses ourselves.
Bet Predictor
Our composite rating model surfaces top picks for every US race today — morning-line position, trainer/jockey tier and equipment signals combined.
Get today’s picks →Bet Calculator
Work out the payout on any wager type — win/place/show, exacta, trifecta, Pick 4/5/6 — before you print the ticket.
Open calculator →Odds Converter
Flip between fractional (8-1), decimal (9.00), and American (+800) instantly — and see the implied win probability behind each price.
Convert odds →See the full Horse.Bet handicappers’ tools hub for more calculators and racing utilities.