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Rafael Bejarano won the first race aboard Ondine at Betfair Hollywood Park, giving the jockey his 3,000th career victory.
Ondine won by 3 3/4 lengths for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert on Saturday. Bejarano leads the jockeys' standings at the spring-summer meet, where he won the riding title last year.
''Nobody can get to 3,000 that easy and I'm really honored to be here,'' Bejarano said.
The 30-year-old jockey from Peru rode his first winner in his first race on Dec. 8, 2001, at Hipodomo de Monterrico in Lima.
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Bejarano has won 571 races at Hollywood Park, where he first began riding in 2007.
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