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Michael R. Matz (born January 23, 1951) is an American race horse trainer and former Olympic equestrian team member who was inducted into the show jumping Hall of Fame. He lives in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. As a trainer, he has scored two wins in the Classics, the 2012 Belmont Stakes with Union Rags and the 2006 Kentucky Derby with Barbaro.
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- January 23, 1951 (age 72), Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Matz retired from show jumping as the top American career money-winning rider with more than $1.7 million. He began his new career as a trainer in 1998 with three horses. In July 1989, Matz and his fiancé, D.D, who is now his wife, survived the crash landing of United Flight 232 in an Iowa cornfield. After the crash, he helped rescue other ...
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May 25, 2017 · Today Michael Matz is almost as revered on the racetrack as he was in the show ring, and still getting the best out of his horses. So far, he has found Triple Crown glory twice – Barbaro in the 2006 Kentucky Derby and Union Rags in the 2012 Belmont. Now in his sixties, winning is still a part of Matz’ everyday vernacular.
Nov 24, 2013 · Long before Union Rags won the Belmont Stakes in 2012, and even before Barbaro won the 2006 Kentucky Derby, trainer Michael Matz had found his calling. Not necessarily in training racehorses ...
Jul 30, 2021 · Michael Matz celebrated this past Fourth of July by watching his son, Alex, win his first major show jumping competition in the $100,000 Richard M. Feldman Grand Prix in Lake Placid, N.Y.
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