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Derby-winning owner Cornacchia dies at 78

Posted: Monday, June 27, 2011 9:34 PM

Joseph M. Cornacchia, co-owner of Kentucky Derby (G1) winners Strike the Gold and Go for Gin and a former member of the New York Racing Association’s board of directors, died on Sunday. He was 78.
 
A native of Queens, New York, Cornacchia made his mark in the board game industry as the manufacturer of Trivial Pursuit and as president and founder of The Games Gang, which introduced Pictionary and Balderdash to the gaming world.
 
Along with B. Giles Brophy and William Condren, he partnered to buy Strike the Gold as a two-year-old in 1990 and found himself in the Churchill Downs winner’s circle a year later.

Cornacchia and Condren repeated the Derby feat in 1994 with Go for Gin and also teamed up to capture the 1996 Preakness Stakes (G1) with Louis Quatorze, who went on to win the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) later that year at Saratoga Race Course.
 
Cornacchia, a second generation printer for 30 years in Manhattan’s East Village, was appointed to the NYRA board in September 1998 by New York Gov. George Pataki and served through September 2008.
 
“Joe Cornacchia was a thoughtful and caring man who had a deep love for horse racing,” NYRA Chairman C. Steven Duncker said. “He had incredible business acumen, which he displayed in both the board game industry and in winning three prestigious Triple Crown races. His presence at the racetrack will be sorely missed.”
 
Cornacchia is survived by his wife, Eileen; sons, Jim and Brian; stepson, Ryan; daughter-in-law, Amanda; and grandchildren, Colin and Caitlin.
 
Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. EDT and on Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Follett & Werner Funeral Home, 60 Mill Road, Westhampton Beach, New York, 11978. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 580 Main St., Westhampton, New York, 11978.

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Posted by: gerald, little rock, AR on June 28, 2011 at 04:49 PM

the definition of class great friend i will miss you joe

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Posted by: gerald, little rock, AR on June 28, 2011 at 04:47 PM

great

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Posted by: Kathy, San Diego, CA on June 28, 2011 at 03:34 PM

RIP Joe Cornacchia. Thanks for all you
did for the love of the horse racing
game. ;)

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Posted by: Bellwether, Chesapeake, VA on June 28, 2011 at 04:54 AM

BLESS HIS HORSE RACE N SOLE...SMART MAN...HAVE A GREAT TRIP...ps...NEED TO TELL EM LOUIS GOT BEAT A NOSE N "THE BREEDER$ CUP CLA$$IC" THAT SAME YEAR(1996)!!!...ty...

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