SARATOGA SPRINGS — What a day for jockey Alan Garcia.

Five victories, including a pair of back-to-back graded stakes, guaranteed Garcia a good night’s sleep Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.

Garcia’s most memorable moment came as he rode Visionaire to a thrilling late-charge victory in the $250,000 Grade I King’s Bishop.

“My horse, he came flying,” said Garcia about his fifth win of the day. “This is great. So far, so good.”

Garcia also had the winning ride on Shakis in the $200,000 Grade II Bernard Baruch.

Visionaire appeared to be a long shot at best midway through the King’s Bishop. The 3-year-old son of Grand Slam was in last place midway through the seven-furlong race, and he was still in fifth at the top of the stretch.

But as J Be K began to fade, Visionaire kicked four-wide midway on the turn and took off entering the stretch. He kept surging toward the finish line and won by 21⁄4 lengths over Desert Key and John Velazquez.

“Alan is riding very well right now, and the horse just has that one style of running,” said trainer Michael Matz. “It can get a little nerve-wracking. When I saw him that far behind after the first quarter, I said ‘Oh my goodness.’ He’s an honest horse, and he tries real hard. He’s been real good to us.”

Matz was quick to point out that the King’s Bishop field was extremely balanced with plenty of talent.

“All those horses were real good. They all had big numbers,” he said. “We just had a horse with a lot of heart, and he proved it today. Maybe he doesn’t want to go far. It looks like seven furlongs to a mile is his distance.”

It was the second win in a row for Visionaire, who triumphed in an allowance race here last month. He now has four wins and two thirds this year and five victories in 10 career starts.

Speedster Desert Key, considered one of the speed merchants in the race, also made an excellent charge.

“I didn’t want him to get crazy coming out of there,” said trainer Jimmy Jerkens. “I told Johnny [Velazquez] to keep his hands down, and hopefully the other speed would go where he could work a trip. Unfortunately, he had to finish up on the dead part of the track.”

Desert Key was second in the Grade II Amsterdam here but won by five lengths in his previous race, an allowance race at Belmont.

I’m So Lucky, Robby Albarado up, was third.

“My horse ran a really good race today,” Albarado said. “I thought I was in good shape, but I never saw the outside horse [Visionaire] coming. The pace set up for us great, and I made the move when I wanted to. But it just wasn’t good enough to hold off the winner.”

J Be K, which triumphed in three of his last four races, didn’t get the race his connections were hoping for and finished a disappointing sixth.

“I did not have a good trip,” said jockey Garrett Gomez. “My horse just did not respond like normal. I tried to get him to move down the stretch, but I never got the response I was looking for.”

Visionaire paid $15.60, $7.60 and $4.60. Desert Key paid $7.50 and $5.70, while I’m So Lucky paid $5.70.