Judi asked me to tell that Breeders’ Cup story at the Celebration as a prelude to a wonderful video Let’s Go Racing producer Bruce Casella masterfully crafted about that day at Keeneland. And he made plans for another dinner the next night regardless of how the race played out. Paul, with his beloved Judi constantly by his side and his family and friends along for the ride, took everybody out to dinner the night before the big race, just anticipating a moment that would last less than 69 seconds. Then, Favorite Tale drew the 14 post against the toughest field of sprinters assembled that year. Then, on the way to Lexington, Ky., a van carrying Favorite Tale broke down and the horse had to spend hours in that van by the side of the road. The race had been a year in the planning, but then a quarantine at Parx where the Pennsylvania bred was stabled with trainer Lupe Preciado, forced the horse on an odyssey that included other race tracks and training centers. And nowhere was that more evident than at the 2015 Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland.Īfter an adventure straight from horse hell, Favorite Tale, a horse Conaway bred and owned, was going to run in the BC Sprint. If you were with Paul, he insisted on you having a good time. 28 at the Red Horse Motoring Club in Pottstown to tell Paul stories at a Celebration of a Life very well lived.

Nine days after Paul Conaway, 63, tragically died from injuries suffered in a car accident, family and close friends gathered Sept.

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