LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ohio Valley Wrestling has been based in the Louisville area since its formation in 1993. Its first heavyweight champion was Trailer Park Trash, now going by his real name, Frank Miller.

What You Need To Know

  • Frank Miller, AKA as Trailer Park Trash wrestled for Ohio Valley Wrestling in Louisville for over 25 years 

  • Miller was a six-time tag team champion and at one time shared the ring with future WWE stars, Randy Orton and Batista 

  • In 2013, Miller retired to pursue race horse training full-time at Trackside Training Center in Louisville 

  • Miller's 10 horses race in Kentucky and Indiana including Churchill Downs

For over 20 years, you could find Miller inside a wrestling ring for Louisville’s OVW. Nowadays, Miller spends his days at Trackside Training Center, where he trains racehorses. He says he has lived two childhood dreams in one lifetime.

Most days, Frank Miller’s mornings begin at 4 a.m. at his racehorse stable in Louisville.

“I just love it. I love it every day,” Miller said.

Miller owns J. Frank Miller Racing Stables at Churchill Downs’ Trackside Training Center at Derby City. He’s currently in charge of training 10 horses for races, mainly in Kentucky and Indiana, including Churchill Downs.

“Every one of them is different, every one of them has their own little quirks about them,” Miller said.

He began training horses in 2008 but knew from an early age this was something he wanted to do.

“My grandfather, I was at the track every day for years as a little kid. That’s obviously what got me the love for horses,” Miller said.

Although it wasn’t his first job. Until a few years ago, Miller was better known under his ring name, Trailer Park Trash, and was one of the originals in Louisville’s OVW.

“I found out Danny Davis starting a wrestling school here in the area and got with Danny when he was still on the road and was very fortunate to break in the old school way,” Miller said.

As Trailer Park Trash, Miller held the OVW Heavyweight title and was a six-time tag team champ. He also shared the ring with the likes of future WWE stars, Randy Orton and Batista.

“We lived the lives of rock stars man, maybe on a different level we weren’t flying around on jets all the time but we still felt like rock stars and I wouldn’t give nothing I’ve done up,” Miller said.

Miller hung up the boots in 2013 to focus solely on horse training. Now in his new life he’s finding many similarities between the wrestling ring and horse track.

“When I used to train wrestlers and a little bit of MMA, I use a lot of the same things I did in that with these horses because they’re not a whole lot different; the way you train, you keep them fit,” Miller said.

While his name is on the stables, Miller says none of this is possible without a good group of people around you. Similar to wrestling, it’s about trust.

“Everybody here gets along. I try to take care of them the best I can and they take care of me,” Miller said.

Although it’s sometimes a seven-day work week and requires lots of patience, Miller wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

In addition to wrestling in Louisville, Miller also wrestled all over the world, including Puerto Rico, Mexico and Japan.

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