Michael J. Trombetta
$2,086,284
2025 earnings
13%
2025 wins
$87,652,451
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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33
Firsts
2,333
51
Seconds
2,127
34
Thirds
1,966
136
Unplaced
7,125
254
Starts
13,551
$2,086,284
Earnings
$87,652,451
$8,214
Earnings / Start
$6,468
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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.
