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{{Horseracing personalities infobox
|name = Eddie Neloy
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|occupation = [[Horse trainer|Trainer]]
|birthplace = [[United States]] {{flagicon|USA}}
|birth date = May 15, 1924
|death date = May, 1971
|career wins =
|race = [[Palos Verdes Handicap]] (1953)<br>[[Brooklyn Handicap]] (1954, 1964, 1966)<br>[[Kentucky Oaks]] (1954)<br>[[Withers Stakes]] (1954)<br>[[Santa Maria Handicap]] (1959)<br>[[Beldame Stakes]] (1963)<br>[[Diana Handicap]] (1963)<br>[[Acorn Stakes]] (1964, 1965, 1966)<br>[[Hopeful Stakes]] (1964, 1965, 1967, 1969)<br>[[San Antonio Handicap]] (1964, 1965)<br>[[San Fernando Stakes]] (1964, 1967)<br>[[Strub Stakes]] (1964)<br>[[Tremont Stakes]] (1964, 1966)<br>[[Vagrancy Handicap]] (1964, 1966)<br>[[Washington Park Handicap]] (1964)<br>[[Whitney Handicap]] (1964, 1967)<br>[[Woodward Stakes]] (1964, 1966)<br>
[[Metropolitan Handicap]] (1965, 1966, 1967)<br>[[Saratoga Special Stakes]] (1965, 1967, 1968)<br>[[American Derby]] (1966, 1970)<br>[[Arlington Classic]] (1966)<br>[[Champagne Stakes (United States)|Champagne Stakes]] (1966, 1967)<br>[[Fall Highweight Handicap]] (1966)<br>[[Jockey Club Gold Cup]] (1966)<br>[[Lawrence Realization Stakes]] (1966, 1967, 1968)<br>[[Malibu Stakes]] (1966)<br>[[Toboggan Handicap]] (1966)<br>[[Travers Stakes]] (1966)<br>[[Arlington Handicap]] (1967)<br>[[Frizette Stakes]] (1967)<br>[[Matron Stakes (United States)|Matron Stakes]] (1967)<br>[[Suburban Handicap]] (1967)<br>[[Sanford Stakes]] (1968)
|awards = [[United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings|U.S. Champion Trainer by earnings]]<br>(1966, 1967, 1968)<br>[[National Turf Writers Association|National Turf Writers Trainer of the Year]] (1964, 1966)
|honours = [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] (1983)
|horses = [[Bold Lad]], [[Buckpasser]], [[Gun Bow]], [[Impressive (Thoroughbred racehorse)|Impressive]]<br>[[Queen of the Stage]], [[Successor (horse)|Successor]], [[Vitriolic (horse)|Vitriolic]]
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”’Edward Albert ‘Eddie’ Neloy”’ ([[May 15]], [[1924]] – [[May]], [[1971]]) was an American [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] [[horse trainer|trainer]]. At age fourteen, he began working at a racetrack then joined the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]]. During the intense action in the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]] following [[Operation Shingle]], Neloy was seriously wounded [[Anzio]] and lost an eye.

When the war ended, Neloy returned to work in the horse racing industry and as a trainer in 1945 won the first race of a successful career that lasted until his death in 1971. In the mid 1950s he trained for [[Maine Chance Farm]] and in 1964 was voted the [[National Turf Writers Association|National Turf Writers Trainer of the Year]] following an outstanding season that included Gedney Farms’ outstanding colt, [[Gun Bow]].

In 1966, Eddie Neloy was chosen by the [[Phipps family]] to replace the retiring [[William C. Winfrey|Bill Winfrey]] as their head trainer. Neloy was responsible for conditioning the horses of [[Gladys Mills Phipps |Gladys Mills Phipps’]] [[Wheatley Stable]], those of her son, [[Ogden Phipps]], and her grandson, [[Ogden Mills Phipps|Dinny Phipps]]. In his first year, Neloy met with outstanding success, including winning thirteen straight races with [[Buckpasser]] who was voted [[American Horse of the Year]] honors. During the five years he was with the Phipps family until his death in 1971, Neloy would be the [[United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings|U.S. leading money-winning trainer]] for 1966 through 1968 and the trainer of five [[Eclipse Award|Champions]].

Eddie Neloy died suddenly of a [[heart attack]] in 1971. His accomplishments in Thoroughbred racing were recognized in 1983 when he was posthumously inducted in the United States’ [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]].

==References==
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,836263,00.html TIME magazine article, August 19, 1966]
* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/trainer.asp?ID=279 Edward A. Neloy at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]

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