Career
In 1971 he was among the recipients of the newly created Eclipse Award program when he was voted that year"s Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. He was inducted in Calder Race Course Hall of Fame in 1995. Saint Leon still holds the Calder record for stakes race wins at 73.
On February 7, 1976, Saint Leon rode Toonerville to a world record time of 1:51 2/5 for one and three sixteenth miles on turf in winning the second division of the Bougainvillea Handicap at Hialeah Park Race Track.
Leon retired from race riding in 1989. He made brief comebacks in 1991 and 1999.
