Michael J. Trombetta
$655,697
2025 earnings
13%
2025 wins
$86,221,864
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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12
Firsts
2,312
20
Seconds
2,096
12
Thirds
1,944
50
Unplaced
7,039
94
Starts
13,391
$655,697
Earnings
$86,221,864
$6,976
Earnings / Start
$6,439
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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.
