Peter Miller

2009 Record: (253-38-49-27)

2009 Earnings: $1,163,358

2009 Win %: 15% In-The-Money %: 45%

Born: Oct. 2, 1966
Residence: Carlsbad, Calif.
Family: Single
Racing Background: Went to the races with his parents who raced horses under the name Winning Ways Stable ... Wanted to be a jockey so, at age 10 spent a year a jockey school in Castaic, Calif. When doctors told his family he would grow too big to be a jockey, Miller decided to become a trainer ... Worked as a groom during summers while in high school ... After graduation, went to work full-time for the late Charlie Whittingham and rubbed horses. During his tenure with Whittingham, Miller groomed such horses as major stakes winners Greinton and Palace Music, better known as the sire of two-time Horse of the Year Cigar ... Miller also worked for trainers Mike Mitchell and Don Warren
Racing Career: Passed his trainer's test and started his stable about 20 years ago. Saddled his first winner, Dynashield, on April 25, 1988, at Santa Anita with Gary Stevens in the saddle ... Bases his 45-horse stable primarily at San Luis Rey Downs training center in Bonsall, about 30 miles from Del Mar. This summer Miller found the Polytrack surface at Del Mar to his liking and saddled seven winners in the first two weeks of the race meet to top the standings for the first third of the meet ... Set Play, a $105,000 purchase from the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March 2-year-old sale gave him his first victory in a grade 1 race when she won the Del Mar Debutante on Sept. 3 ... Has another good juvenile in Whatever Whenever, winner of the Cavonnier Juvenile at Santa Rosa and third in the G3 Hollywood Juvenile Championship. The colt was purchased from the March Ocala Breeders' Sale, for $100,000 ... Served as racing manager for a short time for Golden Eagle Farm ... Best runners include Fast Parade, winner of the 2006 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine Racecourse in Canada and Del Mar's Green Flash Handicap ... Set Play, off the board in the Juvenile Fillies, has been the only Breeders' Cup starter for Miller.