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 are GOATs,” said Ortiz, Jr. of sharing the record with Dominguez and Velazquez. “I can't be more happier than what I am right now. I'm so happy for all the opportunities that have been given to me.”He continued: “”I have confidence in myself, that helps. When you start winning one, two, three [races] you get loose and everything works out for you and goes the right way out there for you. That's all you need. You make a decision and be right. Sometimes you make a decision, and it don't work out that way… You just have to turn the page and keep going.”Ortiz won both graded races at Saratoga Saturday, including the GI Coaching Club American Oaks with Counting Stars (Honor A. P.) and the GII Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes with Built (Hard Spun). He also captured Race 2 aboard Power of Women (Big Brown), Race 5 with Chambersville (Twirling Candy), Race 6 with Wynstock (Solomini), and Race 12 with Leave Me (Tacitus).After track announcer Frank Mirahmadi called him a future Hall of Famer, Ortiz, Jr. said, “That's the goal, make it there. If we make it there that would be great. I try to keep my feet on the ground and keep doing the grind and getting better. I do my best out there every single day and hopefully one day we make it there.”The post Irad Ortiz, Jr. Wins Six at Saratoga Saturday to Tie Record appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.