Michael J. Trombetta
$2,538,181
2026 earnings
20%
2026 wins
$94,322,129
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2026 Stats
Career Stats
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48
Firsts
2,450
32
Seconds
2,210
38
Thirds
2,060
126
Unplaced
7,425
244
Starts
14,145
$2,538,181
Earnings
$94,322,129
$10,402
Earnings / Start
$6,668
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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.
