James P. Conway, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American trainer of thoroughbred horses
Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1910
Date of Death: 31-May-1984
Profession: horse trainer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About James P. Conway
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- 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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