birth_place awards race birth_date horses article_title name occupation
fort st. john , british columbia , canada canadian champion apprentice jockey -lrb- 1987 , 1988 -rrb- glorious futurity 2006 -rrb- bessarabian stakes -lrb- 1993 , 2002 , 2006 stakes , 2013 -rrb- woodstock stakes -lrb- 1993 , 1999 -rrb- -lrb- autumn stakes -lrb- 1994 , 2007 -rrb- monmouth breeders ' 1988 cup oaks -lrb- 1995 -rrb- colin stakes -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , col. r. s. mclaughlin stakes -lrb- 1998 -rrb- summer stakes 1995 -lrb- 1999 , 2005 -rrb- bunty lawless stakes -lrb- 2000 , , 2002 -rrb- dance smartly handicap -lrb- 2000 , 2002 2013 -rrb- wonder where stakes -lrb- 2001 -rrb- marine stakes -lrb- -rrb- 2002 , 2009 -rrb- grey breeders ' cup stakes -lrb- display 2003 -rrb- sir barton stakes -lrb- 2003 , 2007 -rrb- song stakes alywow stakes -lrb- 2004 -rrb- canadian derby -lrb- 2004 -rrb- -lrb- connaught cup stakes -lrb- 2004 -rrb- king edward stakes -lrb- 1988 2004 -rrb- nandi stakes -lrb- 2004 , 2005 , 2009 -rrb- -rrb- nearctic stakes -lrb- 2004 -rrb- mazarine stakes -lrb- 2005 new -rrb- singspiel stakes -lrb- 2005 -rrb- swynford stakes -lrb- 2005 providence -rrb- woodbine oaks -lrb- 2005 -rrb- la lorgnette stakes -lrb- stakes 2006 -rrb- duchess stakes -lrb- 2006 -rrb- eclipse stakes -lrb- -lrb- 2008 -rrb- bison city stakes -lrb- 2008 -rrb- my dear 1988 stakes -lrb- 2008 -rrb- deputy minister stakes -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , seaway stakes -lrb- 2009 -rrb- whimsical stakes -lrb- 2009 -rrb- stakes 1989 victoria park stakes -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , 1994 -rrb- highlander stakes -lrb- 1989 -rrb- kennedy -lrb- road stakes -lrb- 1989 -rrb- maple leaf stakes -lrb- 1989 1987 , 1996 -rrb- play the king stakes -lrb- 1989 -rrb- , sky classic stakes -lrb- 1989 -rrb- victoriana stakes -lrb- 1989 1990 , 1990 , 1999 , 2006 , 2007 -rrb- vigil -rrb- stakes -lrb- 1989 , 1990 , 2010 -rrb- selene stakes coronation -lrb- 1992 , 2005 -rrb- achievement stakes -lrb- 1993 , august 15 , 1969 with grinder , true metropolitan approval , steady power , sweetest thing organ james s. mcaleney
 james mcaleney jockey
james s. mcaleney

james s. `` jim '' mcaleney -lrb- born august 15 , 1969 in fort st. john , british columbia -rrb- is a canadian thoroughbred horse racing jockey .
a native of fort st. john , british columbia , jim mcaleney began his career as a jockey in western canada where in 1986 at northlands park in edmonton , alberta he got his first win .
the following year , he competed in the west as well as in ontario .
for the year he finished sixth in wins among all jockeys in north america , a performance that earned him the sovereign award for outstanding apprentice jockey .
based in toronto in 1988 , he raced at greenwood raceway and at woodbine racetrack and repeated as champion apprentice that year .
consistently among the top jockeys in ontario , jim mcaleney has also won races monmouth park and keeneland race course and other tracks in the united states .
in 2001 , he won his first canadian classic race when he rode sweetest thing to victory in the breeders ' stakes .
in 2004 , mcaleney returned to northlands park to compete in the canadian derby , winning the race aboard organ grinder .
in 2007 , he broke his leg two days before the start of the season and was out until august 15 .
on his return , he won woodbine racetrack 's victoriana stakes for a record fifth time .
as at august 6 , 2008 mcaleney is the leading jockey at woodbine racetrack .
