Camarero is notable for setting the current world record of the most consecutive wins for a Thoroughbred racehorse at 56 in a series of races between April 1953 and August 1955.

Camarero was a small bay colt described as "pony sized" weighing 750 pounds and standing only 14 hands high.

His male line traced to The Finn and he was bred and owned by prominent San Juan newspaper man Jose Coll-Vidal.

[1] As per Puerto Rican racetrack regulation, prohibitive favorites are not allowed to be wagered on, which meant that for most of Camarero's winning streak no on-track bets were taken.

Coll-Vidal had come close to Kincsem's record with two other horses, Cofresi and Condado, who won 49 and 43 consecutive races, respectively.

He believed that for Camarero to break the record, he would have to replace the colt's jockey with leading rider Mateo Matos.

In 1952, Matos exercised horses at Aqueduct for Horatio Luro but returned to Puerto Rico.

Assured that Coll-Vidal would not replace him if he lost aboard Camarero, Matos agreed to ride the colt.

On New Year's Day in 1954, he won the 6 1/2-furlong Governor's Cup while carrying 120 pounds, eight more than the second-highest-weighted horse in the race.

The Governor's Cup was the first leg of Puerto Rico's Triple Crown, which was established in 1951 and had not yet been won.

On May 9, carrying 15 pounds more than any other rival, he won the Primavera Stakes to become Puerto Rico's first Triple Crown winner.

On his actual third birthday, Camarero won his 32nd race and set a 6 1/2-furlong track record.

Finally, it was announced that Camarero would go for the world record on August 7 in the fourth race at Quintana.

Matos initially held Camarero back but let him go by the half-mile pole, and the colt responded to win by six lengths.

"With 600 meters to go, Camarero was already ahead and I could hear the people screaming," Matos recalled in Col-n-Delgado's book.