Michael J. Trombetta
$2,144,734
2025 earnings
13%
2025 wins
$87,710,901
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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34
Firsts
2,334
51
Seconds
2,127
35
Thirds
1,967
139
Unplaced
7,128
259
Starts
13,556
$2,144,734
Earnings
$87,710,901
$8,281
Earnings / Start
$6,470
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Bio
Michael Trombetta trained his first winner in 1986 after his father owned horses when Trombetta was a teenager. He became a player on the national racing scene in 2006 when his trainee Sweetnorthernsaint went off as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby after winning the Illinois Derby. The colt would go on to finish second in the Preakness Stakes.
Other top horses conditioned by Trombetta include Grade 1 winners Next Question and Wet Your Whistle as well as graded stakes winners Eternal Star, Not for Silver, Weigelia, Global Access, and Control System.
Michael Trombetta trained his first winner in 1986 after his father owned horses when Trombetta was a teenager. He became a player on the national racing scene in 2006 when his trainee Sweetnorthernsaint went off as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby after winning the Illinois Derby. The colt would go on to finish second in the Preakness Stakes.
Other top horses conditioned by Trombetta include Grade 1 winners Next Question and Wet Your Whistle as well as graded stakes winners Eternal Star, Not for Silver, Weigelia, Global Access, and Control System.
