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Triple Crown wins (2): 2019 Preakness (G1) with War of Will; 2019 Belmont (G1) with Sir Winston.

Breeders' Cup wins (5): 2015 Mile with Tepin and Juvenile Fillies Turf with Catch a Glimpse; 2016 Juvenile with Classic Empire; 2017 Mile with World Approval: 2018 Filly and Mare Sprint with Shamrock Rose.

Recorded his 3,000th career victory when Souper Watson won the third race on Nov. 19, 2020, at Gulfstream Park West.

North American career earnings are nearing $187 million with 3,061 wins through May 6, 2021.

On May 6, 2020, he was announced as a 2020 inductee into the Racing Hall of Fame. He joined the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2016.

Received the 2019 Big Sport of Turfdom award from Turf Publicists of America. 

Trained Eclipse Award winners Tepin (2015-2016 champion female turf horse), Classic Empire (2016 champion 2-year-old male) and World Approval (2017 champion male turf horse). Sent out Tepin to win the 2016 Queen Anne (G1) during the prestigious Royal Ascot meet in England.

Has won a record 13 Sovereign Awards as Canada’s outstanding trainer: 2006-2008 and 2011-2020.

Joe orseno

Orseno grew up in Philadelphia and has always loved sports. He played football, basketball and baseball in high school. His dad loved going to the track and handicapping races. Orseno often tagged along. He started parking cars at Cinelli’s restaurant across the street from Garden State Park Racetrack as a way to make cash during high school. From there, Orseno started working around the barns on weekends.

Orseno started training horses in 1977. In 1997, be became the private trainer for Frank Stronach. In 2000, Orseno won the Preakness with Red Bullet. Later that year, he won two consecutive races on the Breeders’ Cup card. He won the Juvenile with Macho Uno and followed that up with Perfect Sting, the winner of the Filly and Mare Turf. Orseno has amassed over $32 million in earnings, boasting 34 graded stakes wins, 11 of which were Grade I.

Orseno has earned leading trainer titles five different times. One of the highlights of his career was winning five races on a single card at Gulfstream Park. In 2000, he was honored by NY Turf Writers with the C.V. Whitney Achievement Award. Orseno says Macho Uno was the best horse he has trained; Perfect Sting was his personal favorite.

Michael Trombetta

Michael Trombetta is a Maryland trainer with a national profile. He trained the favorite in the 2006 Kentucky Derby, and now he trains about 100 horses at Fair Hill, Laurel Park and Gulfstream Park in South Florida.

He grew up around the racetrack, as his father owned horses. He started working at the track when he was 15, as a hotwalker and then a groom at Pimlico and Timonium. He got his trainer’s license when he was 18 and trained a few horses at Pimlico.

While building a stable he worked with his brother in construction. He started training full-time in 2005. He also owns horses with his father and brother as R.D.M. Racing Stable.

One of Mike's notable horses, Sweetnorthernsaint, after winning the Illinois Derby, was the favorite in the Kentucky Derby. He finished seventh; Barbaro won. Two weeks later Sweetnorthernsaint finished second in the Preakness behind Bernardini.

Trombetta also trained Next Question, who won the Grade 1 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine in 2012. His owners include Larry Johnson, Live Oak Plantation, Harry and Tom Meyerhoff, and Robert Meyerhoff.

Trombetta currently trains Win Win Win the winner of the 2019 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in which he set the track record.