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...EDDIE NELOY longed to be a jockey, but he grew up to be 6-ft. 2-in. tall, weighing 220 Ibs. So he kept his feet on the ground and became the most successful horse trainer in the U.S. See SPORT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Aug. 19, 1966 | 8/19/1966 | See Source »

...Negro groom stroked the colt's nose, trying to cairn him down while Trainer Eddie Neloy tightened the saddle girth. Looking on, a girl with yellow hair wanted to know why the horse was carrying 132 Ibs., like the program said, when everybody knows that a jockey only weighs 110 or so. "Lead weights," somebody said. "They stuff the saddle full of lead weights." Somebody else laughed. "This horse, they probably use gold bars instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: He's a Freak | 9/4/1964 | See Source »

...order to avoid federal tax penalties), Mrs. Graham sold Gun Bow last December to New Jersey's Harry Albert and Mrs. John Stanley-for $125,000. The new owners called themselves Gedney Farm (for tax reasons of their own) and turned the horse over to Trainer Neloy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: He's a Freak | 9/4/1964 | See Source »

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