caption updated birth_place awards race birth_date horses image article_title name occupation
bejarano in 2007 april 18 , 2007 arequipa , arequipa province , peru united states champion jockey by wins -lrb- 2004 -rrb- alcibiades -rrb- mile stakes -lrb- 2005 -rrb- bashford manor stakes -lrb- 2006 fall -rrb- derby trial -lrb- 2006 -rrb- mrs. revere stakes -lrb- highweight 2006 -rrb- suwannee river handicap -lrb- 2006 -rrb- rampart handicap handicap -lrb- 2006 , 2007 -rrb- blue grass stakes -lrb- 2007 -lrb- -rrb- john c. mabee handicap -lrb- 2007 -rrb- rushaway stakes 2004 -lrb- 2007 -rrb- churchill distaff turf mile stakes -lrb- 2007 -rrb- -rrb- sunshine millions filly & mare turf -lrb- 2007 -rrb- stephen old hat stakes -lrb- 2007 -rrb- maid of the mist foster stakes -lrb- 2007 -rrb- monrovia handicap -lrb- 2007 -rrb- honorable handicap miss handicap -lrb- 2007 -rrb- best pal stakes -lrb- 2008 stakes -lrb- -rrb- sunshine millions distaff -lrb- 2008 -rrb- las virgenes stakes 2004 -lrb- 2008 -rrb- santa maria handicap -lrb- 2008 -rrb- lone -rrb- star derby -lrb- 2008 -rrb- hollywood breeders ' cup oaks woodford -lrb- 2008 -rrb- ogden phipps handicap -lrb- 2008 -rrb- eddie county read handicap -lrb- 2008 -rrb- breeders ' futurity stakes -lrb- stakes 2008 -rrb- eddie logan stakes -lrb- 2008 -rrb- la habra -lrb- stakes -lrb- 2008 -rrb- san gabriel handicap -lrb- 2008 , 2004 2009 -rrb- tuzla handicap -lrb- 2009 -rrb- arkansas derby -lrb- , 2009 -rrb- kentucky oaks -lrb- 2010 -rrb- mervyn leroy handicap 2005 -lrb- 2010 -rrb- gamely stakes -lrb- 2010 -rrb- sorrento stakes -lrb- , -lrb- 2010 -rrb- senator ken maddy handicap -lrb- 2010 -rrb- 2006 california cup classic -lrb- 2011 -rrb- california cup juvenile -lrb- -rrb- 2011 -rrb- daytona handicap -lrb- 2012 -rrb- haskell invitational stakes lane -lrb- 2012 -rrb- 's end breeders ' futurity -lrb- 2004 2004 -rrb- phoenix stakes -lrb- 2004 , 2006 -rrb- west -rrb- virginia derby -lrb- 2004 , 2011 -rrb- kentucky cup classic webn handicap -lrb- 2005 -rrb- carter handicap -lrb- 2005 -rrb- fred stakes w. hooper handicap -lrb- 2005 , 2006 -rrb- pennsylvania derby -lrb- -lrb- 2005 -rrb- queen elizabeth ii challenge cup stakes -lrb- 2004 2005 -rrb- san felipe stakes -lrb- 2005 -rrb- shadwell turf 23 june 1982 intercontinental ginger punch , square eddie papa clem , mildly offensive , -lrb- horse -rrb- , sarah 's secret -lrb- horse -rrb- circular , caracortado quay , dominican country star , rafael bejarano.jpg rafael bejarano
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rafael bejarano

rafael bejarano -lrb- born june 23 , 1982 in arequipa , peru -rrb- is a champion jockey in american thoroughbred horse racing .
he trained at the peruvian national riding school before embarking on his professional career in 1999 .
having met with success , including winning the apprentice riding title at hipódromo de monterrico in lima , he emigrated to the united states in the spring of 2002 and settled in louisville , kentucky .
he got his first win on july 10 that year at river downs in cincinnati , ohio and went on to major race wins in kentucky and on the new york racing association circuit .
in 2004 , rafael bejarano got his big break when he was the united states champion jockey by wins with 455 .
as part of his 2004 success , on march 12 at turfway park in florence , kentucky he won seven races on a single race card and ended the meet with a track-record 196 wins .
in 2004 , his earnings were $ 12,212,308 out of 1,922 mounts finishing 8th in the national earnings list .
in the american classic races , he finished eighth aboard andromeda 's hero in the 2005 kentucky derby then rode him to a second-place finish in the belmont stakes in 2005 he finished the year with earnings of $ 14,436,781 with 263 winners , and was 4th in the national earnings list .
in the 2006 derby he finished ninth on point determined .
he first rode in the preakness stakes in 2004 and got his best result in 2005 with a fourth-place finish on sun king .
in the 2007 blue grass stakes bejarano scored a dramatic upset win with dominican , defeating the 2006 u.s. champion 2-year-old colt , street sense .
bejarano also won the 2008 track meet at santa anita .
he had a grand total of 67 wins .
also , he won the hollywood park meet and del mar meet as well .
bejarano in 2008 swept all 5 of the major southern california titles and for that he was a finalist for the eclipse award for outstanding jockey for 2008 .
but lost it .
for his 2008 season he had 266 winners out of 1,290 mounts with earnings of $ 16,439,729 .
in 2009 , he won the santa anita and oak tree titles .
then finished the 2009 year with 240 winners out of 1,129 mounts with earnings of $ 12,403,993 .
