Irad Ortiz Jr. ties Saratoga record with 6 wins in a day

Irad Ortiz, Jr. Wins Six at Saratoga Saturday to Tie Record

Five-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. won six races at Saratoga Saturday (from 12 mounts) to tie the Spa's record of six victories on a single card. He matched the milestone set three times previously and shared by Hall of Famers Ramon Dominguez and John Velazquez. Dominquez hit the mark twice in 2012–on July 22 and Sept. 2 that year–while Velazquez was the first to set the record on Sept. 3, 2001. “They're the greatest, they ar…

Irad Ortiz Jr. ties Saratoga record with 6 wins in a day

Irad Ortiz Jr. won with 6 of 12 mounts Saturday at Saratoga to tie the track record of six victories on a single card, a mark he now shares with Hall of Fame riders Ramón Domínguez and John Velázquez. Domínguez reached it twice in 2012, on July 22 and Sept. 2; Velázquez did it Sept. 3, 2001. The five-time Eclipse Award-winning rider opened his run with Power of Women ($3.54) in the second race and added Chambersville ($21.64) in the fifth, Wynst…