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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
Nicholas P. Zito 22 72 3.27 0 3 13 0% 22.22% $158,534 $2,202 $7,206 0 0
Daniel J. Vella 16 86 5.38 9 13 13 10.47% 40.7% $560,666 $6,519 $35,042 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
Nicholas P. Zito 23 95 4.13 3 5 10 3.16% 18.95% $181,487 $1,910 $7,891 0 0
Daniel J. Vella 21 97 4.62 13 12 15 13.4% 41.24% $766,472 $7,902 $36,499 0 3

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
Nicholas P. Zito 31 124 4 10 9 14 8.06% 26.61% $418,835 $3,378 $13,511 0 0
Daniel J. Vella 22 79 3.59 9 12 6 11.39% 34.18% $323,656 $4,097 $14,712 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
Nicholas P. Zito 40 189 4.73 15 11 32 7.94% 30.69% $627,061 $3,318 $15,677 0 0
Daniel J. Vella 22 119 5.41 16 9 14 13.45% 32.77% $446,767 $3,754 $20,308 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
Nicholas P. Zito 42 200 4.76 11 18 18 5.5% 23.5% $494,421 $2,472 $11,772 0 0
Daniel J. Vella 29 145 5 13 21 17 8.97% 35.17% $478,601 $3,301 $16,503 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
Nicholas P. Zito 46 244 5.3 22 23 34 9.02% 32.38% $1,217,771 $4,991 $26,473 0 0
Daniel J. Vella 46 156 3.39 16 19 23 10.26% 37.18% $607,283 $3,893 $13,202 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
Nicholas P. Zito 65 294 4.52 22 24 37 7.48% 28.23% $997,682 $3,393 $15,349 0 0
Daniel J. Vella 53 245 4.62 29 32 39 11.84% 40.82% $1,085,326 $4,430 $20,478 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
Nicholas P. Zito 75 250 3.33 15 19 24 6% 23.2% $1,014,497 $4,058 $13,527 0 0
Daniel J. Vella 43 184 4.28 26 21 19 14.13% 35.87% $832,805 $4,526 $19,368 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
Nicholas P. Zito 71 273 3.85 29 28 38 10.62% 34.8% $1,682,257 $6,162 $23,694 1 1
Daniel J. Vella 41 143 3.49 15 18 14 10.49% 32.87% $652,763 $4,565 $15,921 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
Nicholas P. Zito 71 312 4.39 29 35 40 9.29% 33.33% $1,938,669 $6,214 $27,305 2 3
Daniel J. Vella 46 189 4.11 15 18 27 7.94% 31.75% $1,122,364 $5,938 $24,399 3 3

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
Nicholas P. Zito 100 359 3.59 48 58 35 13.37% 39.28% $2,675,001 $7,451 $26,750 3 3
Daniel J. Vella 53 245 4.62 30 28 30 12.24% 35.92% $2,218,053 $9,053 $41,850 2 4

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
Nicholas P. Zito 108 392 3.63 56 44 45 14.29% 36.99% $3,155,180 $8,049 $29,215 5 7
Daniel J. Vella 51 192 3.76 21 30 20 10.94% 36.98% $1,006,620 $5,243 $19,738 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
Nicholas P. Zito 105 434 4.13 76 60 48 17.51% 42.4% $5,612,199 $12,931 $53,450 3 4
Daniel J. Vella 42 176 4.19 26 27 23 14.77% 43.18% $1,209,230 $6,871 $28,791 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
Nicholas P. Zito 113 408 3.61 66 62 51 16.18% 43.87% $2,886,890 $7,076 $25,548 2 9
Daniel J. Vella 56 214 3.82 25 27 35 11.68% 40.65% $1,689,732 $7,896 $30,174 2 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
Nicholas P. Zito 94 370 3.94 72 66 51 19.46% 51.08% $6,245,281 $16,879 $66,439 5 13
Daniel J. Vella 59 233 3.95 31 41 24 13.3% 41.2% $1,704,131 $7,314 $28,884 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
Nicholas P. Zito 121 436 3.6 62 55 60 14.22% 40.6% $5,140,794 $11,791 $42,486 5 8
Daniel J. Vella 46 235 5.11 25 29 17 10.64% 30.21% $1,468,888 $6,251 $31,932 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
Nicholas P. Zito 109 422 3.87 71 66 58 16.82% 46.21% $4,298,811 $10,187 $39,439 4 6
Daniel J. Vella 47 206 4.38 21 21 26 10.19% 33.01% $1,112,296 $5,399 $23,666 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
Nicholas P. Zito 104 462 4.44 86 70 65 18.61% 47.84% $8,201,418 $17,752 $78,860 13 19
Daniel J. Vella 36 162 4.5 22 24 17 13.58% 38.89% $1,170,118 $7,223 $32,503 1 5

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
Nicholas P. Zito 100 452 4.52 86 68 52 19.03% 45.58% $6,968,292 $15,417 $69,683 8 16
Daniel J. Vella 57 223 3.91 37 35 29 16.59% 45.29% $2,198,573 $9,859 $38,571 2 4

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
Nicholas P. Zito 116 507 4.37 77 86 59 15.19% 43.79% $5,344,914 $10,542 $46,077 10 11
Daniel J. Vella 53 192 3.62 42 31 13 21.88% 44.79% $2,435,069 $12,683 $45,945 2 5

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
Nicholas P. Zito 118 525 4.45 90 83 67 17.14% 45.71% $3,713,208 $7,073 $31,468 0 2
Daniel J. Vella 3 3 1 2 0 0 66.67% 66.67% $12,010 $4,003 $4,003 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
Nicholas P. Zito 98 453 4.62 65 63 71 14.35% 43.93% $4,332,907 $9,565 $44,213 4 5
Daniel J. Vella 18 30 1.67 3 3 5 10% 36.67% $67,507 $2,250 $3,750 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
Nicholas P. Zito 73 341 4.67 53 38 30 15.54% 35.48% $3,315,836 $9,724 $45,422 6 6
Daniel J. Vella 14 22 1.57 3 0 1 13.64% 18.18% $25,490 $1,159 $1,821 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
Nicholas P. Zito 86 366 4.26 50 41 55 13.66% 39.89% $2,469,150 $6,746 $28,711 3 4
Daniel J. Vella 33 109 3.3 17 11 19 15.6% 43.12% $384,518 $3,528 $11,652 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
Nicholas P. Zito 106 457 4.31 67 52 64 14.66% 40.04% $3,268,313 $7,152 $30,833 5 7
Daniel J. Vella 65 239 3.68 45 38 26 18.83% 45.61% $1,400,621 $5,860 $21,548 1 10

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
Nicholas P. Zito 89 398 4.47 62 54 45 15.58% 40.45% $5,758,267 $14,468 $64,700 9 13
Daniel J. Vella 74 281 3.8 77 54 32 27.4% 58.01% $2,971,197 $10,574 $40,151 2 22

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
Nicholas P. Zito 64 354 5.53 46 58 53 12.99% 44.35% $3,224,230 $9,108 $50,379 6 7
Daniel J. Vella 73 341 4.67 70 78 49 20.53% 57.77% $3,177,475 $9,318 $43,527 2 26

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
Nicholas P. Zito 64 417 6.52 45 41 44 10.79% 31.18% $2,348,809 $5,633 $36,700 2 3
Daniel J. Vella 64 264 4.13 53 51 28 20.08% 50% $2,566,476 $9,722 $40,101 0 23

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
Nicholas P. Zito 53 327 6.17 39 42 27 11.93% 33.03% $1,664,353 $5,090 $31,403 4 8
Daniel J. Vella 49 269 5.49 61 51 43 22.68% 57.62% $2,669,677 $9,924 $54,483 7 13

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
Nicholas P. Zito 43 247 5.74 27 21 26 10.93% 29.96% $2,921,991 $11,830 $67,953 4 6
Daniel J. Vella 51 321 6.29 51 52 33 15.89% 42.37% $1,728,551 $5,385 $33,893 0 5

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
Nicholas P. Zito 33 226 6.85 29 29 39 12.83% 42.92% $2,453,009 $10,854 $74,334 3 5
Daniel J. Vella 38 141 3.71 21 13 17 14.89% 36.17% $460,212 $3,264 $12,111 0 1