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Trainer Comparison

Statistics by Year:
Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 14 32 2.29 4 6 3 12.5% 40.63% $270,950 $8,467 $19,354 1 1

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 4 31 7.75 2 4 6 6.45% 38.71% $31,239 $1,008 $7,810 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 30 132 4.4 14 25 18 10.61% 43.18% $693,869 $5,257 $23,129 0 0

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 4 24 6 4 2 5 16.67% 45.83% $40,674 $1,695 $10,169 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 35 132 3.77 12 16 18 9.09% 34.85% $445,787 $3,377 $12,737 0 0

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 6 45 7.5 5 6 8 11.11% 42.22% $52,431 $1,165 $8,739 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 32 115 3.59 12 9 15 10.43% 31.3% $737,000 $6,409 $23,031 1 2

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 7 37 5.29 4 2 4 10.81% 27.03% $27,043 $731 $3,863 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 30 99 3.3 6 14 11 6.06% 31.31% $327,748 $3,311 $10,925 0 2

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 9 40 4.44 4 4 5 10% 32.5% $45,141 $1,129 $5,016 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 32 121 3.78 9 12 17 7.44% 31.4% $507,452 $4,194 $15,858 0 2

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 13 61 4.69 4 7 10 6.56% 34.43% $49,278 $808 $3,791 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 36 120 3.33 13 11 11 10.83% 29.17% $441,380 $3,678 $12,261 0 2

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 7 34 4.86 5 5 6 14.71% 47.06% $51,546 $1,516 $7,364 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 37 109 2.95 14 7 12 12.84% 30.28% $208,496 $1,913 $5,635 0 0

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 8 29 3.63 2 7 2 6.9% 37.93% $46,083 $1,589 $5,760 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 27 124 4.59 16 15 21 12.9% 41.94% $210,246 $1,696 $7,787 0 0

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 8 47 5.88 10 8 9 21.28% 57.45% $115,044 $2,448 $14,381 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 25 85 3.4 12 5 14 14.12% 36.47% $189,764 $2,233 $7,591 0 1

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 6 30 5 4 2 4 13.33% 33.33% $48,259 $1,609 $8,043 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 34 119 3.5 13 9 11 10.92% 27.73% $126,576 $1,064 $3,723 0 0

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 7 38 5.43 10 4 1 26.32% 39.47% $120,765 $3,178 $17,252 0 1
Val Brinkerhoff 36 156 4.33 7 17 23 4.49% 30.13% $113,741 $729 $3,159 0 0

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 4 28 7 8 3 4 28.57% 53.57% $91,892 $3,282 $22,973 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 31 100 3.23 16 12 14 16% 42% $123,749 $1,237 $3,992 0 0

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 4 27 6.75 5 1 2 18.52% 29.63% $48,086 $1,781 $12,022 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 32 115 3.59 12 18 19 10.43% 42.61% $253,070 $2,201 $7,908 0 1

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 6 28 4.67 1 5 5 3.57% 39.29% $21,240 $759 $3,540 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 34 80 2.35 10 12 9 12.5% 38.75% $78,065 $976 $2,296 0 0

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 4 33 8.25 4 6 3 12.12% 39.39% $70,842 $2,147 $17,711 0 1
Val Brinkerhoff 17 53 3.12 7 8 6 13.21% 39.62% $43,806 $827 $2,577 0 0

Name Starters Starts Starts/
Starter 		1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter Graded Stakes Win All Black-Type Win
2023 National Trainer Avg. 3.96 13.53% 40.55% $5,237 $20,757
Robert A. MacDonald 9 48 5.33 6 5 5 12.5% 33.33% $59,870 $1,247 $6,652 0 0
Val Brinkerhoff 5 8 1.6 0 5 2 0% 87.5% $9,200 $1,150 $1,840 0 0