Bred by Joe Mulholland and family in Georgetown, Kentucky, he was out of the mare Ridden In The Stars and sired by Old Trieste, a son of U.S.
Purchased by the Buckram Oak Farm of Mahmoud Fustuq, at age two Silver Train raced four times, winning once and finishing second twice.
At age three in 2005, he won three times, including the Grade II Jerome Handicap, plus had three third-place finishes.
Ridden by Edgar Prado in the most important win of his career, Silver Train overtook a tiring Lost in the Fog in midstretch and held off a fast charging Taste of Paradise to win the six furlong Breeders' Cup Sprint at Belmont Park.
Believing the horse might be out of his element in attempting a second straight win in the 2006 Breeders' Cup Sprint, trainer Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. opted to run him in November's Cigar Mile Handicap where he ran third to Discreet Cat.