birth_place awards race birth_date horses honours article_title name occupation
rivervale , arkansas , usa george woolf memorial jockey award -lrb- 1991 -rrb- arlington , , 2003 -rrb- isaac murphy handicap -lrb- 1981 , 1992 1982 , 2008 -rrb- washington park handicap -lrb- 1985 -rrb- alabama , stakes -lrb- 1986 -rrb- ashland stakes -lrb- 1986 -rrb- gazelle 1992 stakes -lrb- 1986 -rrb- thoroughbred club of america stakes -lrb- -rrb- 1986 -rrb- american derby -lrb- 1987 -rrb- fairmount derby aka lafayette st. louis derby -lrb- 1988 -rrb- pan american handicap -lrb- stakes 1988 -rrb- phoenix stakes -lrb- 1988 -rrb- davona dale stakes -lrb- -lrb- 1990 -rrb- donn handicap -lrb- 1990 -rrb- forward gal 1966 stakes -lrb- 1990 -rrb- sorority stakes -lrb- 1990 -rrb- ohio -rrb- derby -lrb- 1992 -rrb- e. p. taylor stakes -lrb- 1993 matron dixie -rrb- hanshin cup -lrb- 1993 , 1994 , 2007 -rrb- stakes sky classic stakes -lrb- 1993 -rrb- nijinsky stakes -lrb- 1998 -lrb- -rrb- purple violet stakes -lrb- 2007 -rrb- 1967 -rrb- florida derby -lrb- 1967 , stakes 1989 -rrb- jersey derby -lrb- 1967 -rrb- breeders ' futurity -lrb- stakes -lrb- 1968 -rrb- santa barbara handicap -lrb- 1972 -rrb- 1966 alcibiades stakes -lrb- 1973 -rrb- duchess stakes -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , la prevoyante stakes -lrb- 1976 -rrb- arlington handicap -lrb- 1978 1967 , 1990 -rrb- arlington-washington lassie stakes -lrb- 1979 -rrb- spinster , stakes -lrb- 1979 -rrb- lincoln heritage handicap -lrb- 1980 , 1980 1984 , 1988 -lrb- 2x -rrb- , 1993 , 1994 march 19 , 1947 in , war censor , foolish pleasure , swinging mood , reality pattee canyon , sweetest chant , classy cathy , mercedes , won , primal , one dreamer , buck 's boy tumble wind , abe 's hope national 2001 -rrb- chicagoland sports hall of fame -lrb- 2007 -rrb- museum of racing and hall of fame -lrb- earlie fires
 earlie fires jockey
earlie fires

earlie stancel fires -lrb- born march 19 , 1947 in rivervale , arkansas -rrb- is a retired national museum of racing and hall of fame jockey .
fires began riding professionally in 1964 and led all american apprentices in wins that year with 224 .
he retired on september 21 , 2008 having won 6,470 races at racetracks across north america .
in 1983 , and again 1987 , fires set a record for arlington park by winning seven races in a single day of racing .
he is arlington park 's all-time leading rider with 2,886 wins and holds the record for most wins in that track 's lincoln heritage handicap with seven .
in 1991 , fires was voted the george woolf memorial jockey award , given to a jockey who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct , on and off the racetrack .
he was inducted in the national museum of racing and hall of fame in 2001 and following its creation , the chicagoland sports hall of fame in 2007 .
earlie fires ' brother is trainer william h. fires .
