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Jimmy Conway Occupation
Trainer Born August 4, 1910 United States Died May 31, 1984 (aged 73) Career wins Not found
Demoiselle Stakes (1946, 1952)
Cowdin Stakes (1947)
Juvenile Stakes (1947)
Louisiana Derby (1947, 1974)
National Stallion Stakes (1947, 1952)
Delaware Oaks (1948, 1961)
Diana Handicap (1948)
Dwyer Stakes (1948)
Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1948)
Great American Stakes (1948)
Ladies Handicap (1948)
National Stallion Stakes (1948, 1952)
United States Hotel Stakes (1948, 1952)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1948)
Beldame Stakes (1949, 1957)
Edgemere Handicap (1949)
Excelsior Handicap (1949, 1960)
New Orleans Handicap (1949)
Brooklyn Handicap (1950)
Merchants and Citizens Handicap (1950)
Astarita Stakes (1952)
Schuylerville Stakes (1952)
Coaching Club American Oaks (1953, 1962)
Delaware Handicap (1953)
Gazelle Handicap (1953, 1962)
Monmouth Oaks (1953)
Prioress Stakes (1953, 1961)
Arlington Matron Handicap (1957)
Washington Park Handicap (1957)
Massachusetts Handicap (1960)
Alabama Stakes (1961)
Astoria Stakes (1961)
Falls City Handicap (1961)
Miss Woodford Stakes (1961)
Regret Handicap (1961)
Tremont Stakes (1961)
Jerome Handicap (1962, 1963)
Molly Pitcher Handicap (1962, 1976)
Spinster Stakes (1962)
Test Stakes (1962)
Blue Grass Stakes (1963)
Vosburgh Stakes (1963)
Spinaway Stakes (1964)
United Nations Stakes (1967)
Bahamas Stakes (1968)
Bay Shore Stakes (1968)
Gotham Stakes (1968)
Whitney Stakes (1969)
Amory L. Haskell Handicap (1969)
Haskell Invitational Handicap (1970)
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1971)
Mother Goose Stakes (1972)
Royal Palm Handicap (1973)
Bowling Green Handicap (1976)
American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1963)
Belmont Stakes (1963)
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1996)
Chateaugay ,
Grecian Queen ,
Miss Request ,
My Request ,
Primonetta ,
Pucker Up
James P. Conway (August 4, 1910 - May 31, 1984) was an American
Hall of Fame
trainer in
Thoroughbred horse racing who trained forty-three stakes winners including five
Champions and a winner of two
American Classic Races .
Before becoming a professional trainer in 1946, Conway worked at various racetrack jobs. His first major client was
Dallas, Texas hotel owner
Ben Whitaker for whom "Jimmy" Conway conditioned the 1948 and 1953
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly ,
Miss Request and
Grecian Queen . Whitaker died in April 1954, and Conway's next Champion was with another filly named
Pucker Up . Owned by
Ada L. Rice , Pucker Up was the 1957
American Champion Older Female Horse .
From 1962 to 1966 Jimmy Conway trained for
John Galbreath's
Darby Dan Farm with whom he would enjoy his greatest success. In his first year with Darby Dan, Conway conditioned the filly
Primonetta to 1962
American Champion Older Female Horse honors then the following year won two of the
U.S. Triple Crown races with
Chateaugay . The colt won the 1963
Kentucky Derby at 1¼ miles, finished second to
Candy Spots in the 1³ /16 mile
Preakness Stakes , then won the 1½ mile
Belmont Stakes . Chateaugay would be Conway's fifth Champion, voted 1963
American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse .
Besides his 1963 win in the Kentucky Derby, Conway had four other horses who ran in the prestigious race: 1948 (3rd), 1957 (6th), 1968 (2nd), 1970 (12th).
After leaving the Darby Dan stable, in 1967 Conway returned to operating a public stable, training horses for notable owners such as
Maxwell Gluck's
Elmendorf Farm .
Following a lengthy illness, Jimmy Conway died at age seventy-three at
Nassau Hospital in
Mineola on
Long Island ,
New York . In 1996 he was inducted in the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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