John Parisella

John Parisella is an American horse trainer[2] known for training the racehorses Fight Over[3] and Simply Majestic.

[7][8] Parisella started his career as an assistant to Tommy Gullo, a legendary betting trainer.

[6][10] Parisella pioneered the use of foreign horses, mostly from Canada and turning them into stakes winners.

In 1975, he married Bernadette Birk, the former wife of horse trainer Robert J.

[10][13] They divorced and Melissa has since re-married twice: first to American football player Mike Keller, with whom she had two children.