Kenedy Berrugate notched his first success in the United States Saturday at Gulfstream Park, guiding Pluma Roja ($38.60) to an upset victory in Race 4.
The 22-year-old Panama native is a five-pound apprentice, having won 43 races, including stakes, in his homeland before venturing to South Florida in June.
Berrugate had several close calls on his first 33 mounts before breaking through aboard Pluma Roja in the 1 1/16-mile $8,000 claiming race on Tapeta for owner/trainer Frank Santillana.
Berrugate graduated at the top of his class at the Laffit Pincay Jr. Technical Jockey Training Academy in Panama and was highly recommended to agent Cliff Hopmans by the Hall of Fame jockey.
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