Michael J. Trombetta
$956,137
2025 earnings
15%
2025 wins
$86,522,304
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
Loading
16
Firsts
2,316
22
Seconds
2,098
13
Thirds
1,945
57
Unplaced
7,046
108
Starts
13,405
$956,137
Earnings
$86,522,304
$8,853
Earnings / Start
$6,454
Loading
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.
