Longtime Chicago trainer Tom Tomillo passes away at 66
Sep 2nd, 2010 | By admin(Edited Arlington Park release)
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Illinois racing lost one of its most ardent supporters when longtime trainer Tom Tomillo passed away Wednesday evening at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Ill. He was 66 years old.
A fixture in Chicago racing for more than more than five decades, first as an owner and later as a trainer, Tomillo won his first race as a trainer at Arlington Park in 1971. Tomillo’s barn won at least…

