Only five days after the first anniversary of her first mount, Eliska Kubinova went into the record books Saturday at Emerald Downs.

The 23-year-old Kubinova broke the single-season record for wins by an apprentice jockey when she rode Fist Full of Green to a gate-to-wire victory in the third race. It was her 71st win of the meeting, one better than Cassie Papineau’s former mark of 70 set in 2009.

The longest shot on the board in the $25,000 optional maiden-claiming race, Fist Full of Green ran 6-½ furlongs in 1:16.05 and paid $21.20. Roy Lumm trains and co-owns the Bertrando gelding with Mort Robbins and James and Linda Kirschman.

A Native of Jesenik in the Czech Republic, Kubinova’s rise has been meteoric. She notched her first victory September 10, 2011 at Emerald Downs, and then had a sensational winter at Portland Meadows to finish second with 60 wins ­- including a six-win day on March 7.

Only Juan Gutierrez and Leslie Mawing have more wins at the 2012 Emerald Downs season, and Kubinova still has seven more racing days to pad her record. Incidentally, her apprentice weight allowance runs through the end of the meeting.

Humble and soft-spoken, Kubinova said she was happy to set the record, and credited horsemen and fans for their season-long support. In a recent Seattle Times interview, she also said boyfriend and fellow jockey Jorge Rosales has been a big help, especially critiquing films of her rides.

“He always gives me a hard time,” Kubinova said. “He’s been around it for awhile, and he can see it from a different view than I see it.”

Not to be outdone, Rosales won the race immediately following Kubinova’s record-breaker, guiding Ugotthemoneyhoney ($11) to a six-length victory for trainer Frank Lucarelli.

In the featured Best Western Peppertree Purse for 3-year-olds, Bear Creek Road ($6) took the early lead and held on for a three-length victory in 1:37.75 for one mile.