Michael has been a licensed trainer since 1989 and has now trained over a 1000 winners. His most famous victory so far was Motivator's triumph in the 2005 Epsom Derby and in 2009 Sariska won both the English and Irish Oaks and Art Connoisseur won Europes most prestigious sprint race, the group one Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Michael has trained many other notable winners and has trained 85 black type winners and has amassed over £18 million worth of prize money in the process.

2011 promises to be an exciting season with such a strong team of older horses headed by Wigmore Hall, Margot Did and Set to Music.