Mike Harrington

A fourth-generation horseman, he trained Quarter Horses as a
teenager before becoming a licensed veterinarian with a racetrack
practice in the Pacific Northwest. Harrington's wife, Patricia,
trained at the tracks where he was a vet, they married and join
forces. After 28 years as a vet, he moved to training full-time in
1993 and is based at Hollywood Park. Harrington, who usually wears
a white cowboy hat, has had success with young horses, especially
Swiss Yodeler, owned by longtime client Heinz Steinman. Purchased
for $60,000, the colt won five graded 2-year-old stakes in 1996 and
has gone on to be a top stallion in California. One of his sons,
Thor's Echo, won the 2006 Breeders' Cup Sprint. Many of the horses
in Harrington's barn are sired by Swiss Yodeler.