Jungle Brew, galloping earlier this week under trainer Brian Lynch, will have James McAleney up for the Queen's Plate on Sunday after an injury to rider Eibar Coa. (Michael Burns Photography/Woodbine Entertainment)

An injury to jockey Eibar Coa at Belmont Park in New York has turned out to be a break for Woodbine's leading rider, Jim McAleney.

Coa, scheduled to guide Frank Stronach's Jungle Brew in Sunday's 149th running of the Queen's Plate (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 4:30 p.m. ET), suffered a rib injury when his colt Storm Caller stumbled out of the gate in the Yankee Victory Stakes on Friday.

That left Jungle Brew trainer Brian Lynch looking for a replacement, and he went with McAleney, who in more than 200 starts at Woodbine this season has more than 30 wins and has amassed better than $12 million in purses.

Jungle Brew will start out of the 11 spot, next to stable mate and half-sibling Ginger Brew in 10. On their right will be pre-race favourites Solitaire and Not Bourbon.

"I wasn't too shocked, I sort of prepared myself that he was possibly going to take off and we got lucky that Jimmy was available," Lynch told CBC Sports on Sunday morning, adding he didn't anticipate having to say much to either McAleney or Ginger Brew's rider Javier Castellano.

"They are pretty professional, they know their way around that oval," he said. "I don't really give them too much instructions. I don't want to complicated matters.

"And Jimmy, we'll just brief him a little bit on the colt and let him do his thing."

Meanwhile, Harvest Home, owned by Sam-Son Farm and trained by Mark Frostad, has been scratched out of the four hole.

"He injured himself in his stall a couple of days ago," Frostad said. "It may well be minor.

"We did some work on him and he still wasn't 100 per cent. Maybe 95 per cent. But it's not worth taking a chance."

The maiden colt had not been in the money in three lifetime starts and his exit is disappointing news for an organization that could have used some brightness.

Both Liza Samuel, wife of the late Ernie Samuel, and their daughter, Tammy Samuel-Balaz, passed away earlier this year, and Harvest Home was a sentimental choice.