Irad Ortiz Jr. is celebrating a classic win…

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican jockey rode White Abarrio to victory by a length on Saturday at the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Ridden by Ortiz Jr., White Abarrio ran 1¼ miles in 2:02.87. Sent off as the 5-2 favorite, the gray colt paid $7.20 to win.

“I thought that he was a winner the whole way around the track,” trainer Rick Dutrow said.

Japan-bred Derma Sotogake was second and Proxy was third.

Dutrow saddled White Abarrio for just the third time.

The 4-year-old colt was previously trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., but the owners moved him to Dutrow’s barn after two of Joseph’s other horses died this spring.

Dutrow returned to training earlier this year after serving a 10-year suspension by New York racing officials for a history of violations. The 64-year-old trained Big Brown to victories in the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness.