Image courtesy National Trotguide - Michael makes his victory speech after his second Gold Crown win on Shadow Runner 2015.
For the trot fans we talk to one of the sport’s quiet achievers. Michael Formosa has gone quietly about his business for twenty years, racking up 1000 wins in the process.
Michael talks of his family background and his eight year apprenticeship as a motor mechanic.
He talks of the uncle who got him interested in harness horses at an early age and the veteran trainer who taught him principles he follows to this day.
Michael reflects on his chance meeting with Kirsty Goodyear an apprentice jockey who was to become his wife and the mother of his two daughters.
He looks back on the horror Maitland fall which could have put him in a wheelchair.
(Banner image courtesy National Trotguide - Ultimate Art won 38 races for Michael and Kirsty Formosa.)
Image courtesy National Trotguide - Michael after one of 8 wins on the Sam Dimarco trained Shadow Runner.