James W. Maloney
A New Yorker whose father trained horses on the flat and over jumps, James W. Maloney broke horses for his father and competed in horse shows on the East Coast before taking out his own trainer’s license. His first winner was Golden Reel, who captured a jump race at the Rockaway Hunt Meet on Long Island in 1935.
1989
April 1, 1909, Geneseo, New York
March 10, 1984, Rochester, New York
1935-1984
Biography
A New Yorker whose father trained horses on the flat and over jumps, James W. Maloney broke horses for his father and competed in horse shows on the East Coast before taking out his own trainer’s license. His first winner was Golden Reel, who captured a jump race at the Rockaway Hunt Meet on Long Island in 1935.
Army service interrupted Maloney’s training career, but he opened a public stable upon his discharge. Maloney’s first stakes winner was Big If in the 1947 Remsen. Maloney earned a reputation as a patient conditioner and an excellent handler of distaffers. He trained champions Lamb Chop and Hall of Fame member Gamely, as well as prominent runners such as Dewan, Batteur, Alley Fighter, Boldnesian, Loud, Princessnesian, Proud Birdie, and Traffic Judge, among others.
Maloney won three consecutive editions of the Vanity Handicap with Desert Love (1967), Gamely (1968), and Desert Law (1969), as well as three renewals of the Beldame with Outer Space in 1959 and Gamely in 1968 and 1969. Boldnesian and Alley Fighter won the Santa Anita Handicap for Maloney in 1966 and 1968, respectively, and Loud won the 1970 Travers.
From 1947 through 1984, Maloney conditioned 42 stakes winners. One of his proudest moments came in the 1977 Marlboro Cup, when he saddled the longest shot in the race, Proud Birdie, who paid $84.40 on a $2 win bet.
Achievements
Won the Vanity Handicap — 1967, 1968, 1969
Won the Beldame Stakes — 1958, 1968, 1969
Won the Santa Anita Handicap — 1966, 1968
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