Top Trainers

There are some Trainers that are (or were) so good that they will be enshrined in horse racing lore; they are legends of the sport. We have included jockey biographies of some of horse racing's best riders from right now, men like Frankie Dettori and Kieren Fallon, as well as the best Trainers from the past like the incomparable Lester Piggot.

Horse racing is a demanding sport, and Trainers push their bodies to the maximum and sometimes beyond the boundaries of healthy living in order to survive and thrive in their pursuit for riding excellence. They have to maintain a balancing act whereby their weight stays low and their endurance and strength remains at a peak in order to control a surging animal that they perch upon. The life of a jockey is also very stressful as many of them often like to bet on the races in which they ride.

If you're looking for the world's best Trainers in various horse racing locales, from Australia and South Africa all the way to the United States then you have found the right page as we showcase Trainers that are always (well, nearly always) worth wagering on!

Rated Horse Racing Trainers

Sir Michael Stoute is one of the greatest living trainers in the UK with an impressive nine championship titles to his credit. Stoute has trained numerous horse racing legends including the ill-fated Shergar.

Arguably the greatest living trainer in France and a titan of flat thoroughbred horse racing, Fabre has won countless Group One races. He still has to win the Epsom Derby but horses like Hurricane Run and Swain have made him a household name in the sport.

The man responsible for handling and stabling the Godolphin horse racing empire is a former policeman named Saeed bin Suroor and he has stamped his authority on global horseracing in no uncertain manner. His multiple big race wins stretch from the Breeders' Cup to The Arc.

D Wayne Lukas is a four-time Eclipse Award winner for outstanding trainer in the USA. He has won thirteen Triple Crown races including four Kentucky Derby victories. Lukas' yard actually won all three Triple Crown races in 1995 but he did it with two horses, Thunder Gulch and Timber Country.

Todd Pletcher is a multiple Eclipse Award winning trainer who has smashed earnings records in the USA. He is the current champion trainer in America and has become a dominant force on both coasts. He won the Belmont Stakes in 2007 with the filly Rags To Riches.

Aidan O'Brien is Ireland's most successful trainer and definitely one of the best in the world today. He trains for Coolmore and together they have won many of the biggest horse races in the world thanks to champions like Johannesburg, Dylan Thomas, and George Washington.

One of the great East Coast trainers of the current generation, Nick Zito has won his fair share of Triple Crown races and is a Hall Of Fame trainer in the USA. Zito's rise to prominence was always on the cards

Arguably the greatest trainer in South Africa and one of the all-time best to emerge from the country, Mike de Kock has put South African horse racing on the world map training some of the best known exports including Horse Chestnut and Victory Moon

Henry Cecil is one of England's best trainers and has been crowned champion trainer a staggering 10 times to date. He has conditioned some of the best horses of all time including Reference Point and Oh So Sharp

Bob Baffert is one of the great trainers currently plying his trade in the USA. He dominates horse racing on the West Coast and has numerous Triple Crown victories to his credit.

Profile of Bart Cummings, the greatest trainer in the history of Australian horse racing. We've included a brief Bart Cummings bio as well as a list of some of the greatest horses he has trained over the years