Driver Ryan Anderson, a native of Crete, Illinois, scored his 3,000th victory on Friday night (February 16) at Hawthorne Race Course.

Anderson’s milestone victory came in the sixth race, driving Jeff Halas’ Olivia V, who is trained by Tim Hall.

The 37-year-old Anderson started his career in 1998. Through the start of racing on Friday, he has driven 22,177 horses. In addition to his 3,000 winners, he has finished second 2,716 times and third 2,677. His drives have earned in excess of $28 million.

His biggest year came in 2007 when he won 497 of 3,043 races, with purses earned of $3,692,762. That earnings total narrowly beat his 2006 total when his drives earned $3,644,936, winning 466 of 3,005 races.

He was 20 when he drove Popcorn Penny in the Breeders Crown for three-year-old filly pacers at Mohawk Racetrack in October of 2000. He was the youngest, at that time, to ever win a Breeders Crown race.

Anderson has also trained 160 winners.

(With files from Hawthorne Race Course)