Career
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, Mission Request and Grecian Queen. 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.
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 New York
In 1996 he was inducted in the United States" National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
