He won different editions of the Piazza di Siena competition, and competed at the 1936 and the 1948 Summer Olympics.
[1] He was born from a wealthy family of Salerno, from Pasquale Conforti and Assunta Di Martino.
His parents placed particular attention to his education, and prompted his admission in 1918 to the prestigious Nunziatella Military School of Naples.
| Following his admission to the Infantry and Cavalry Academy of Modena, he was forced to stop playing soccer, and instead he became a skilled horseman.
In 1934 he won in Sanremo, on Claudine, and two years after he won the prestigious Premio Roma in Piazza di Siena on Sabà, interrupting five years of dominion from French horsemen and gaining a strong popularity in Italy.