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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
James T. Wright 8 39 4.88 10 9 2 25.64% 53.85% $187,449 $4,806 $23,431 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 1 1 1 0 0 0 0% 0% $152 $152 $152 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
James T. Wright 15 85 5.67 13 17 8 15.29% 44.71% $246,277 $2,897 $16,418 0 1
Lisa L. Merritt 1 5 5 0 0 0 0% 0% $1,427 $285 $1,427 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
James T. Wright 20 110 5.5 17 18 17 15.45% 47.27% $301,238 $2,739 $15,062 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 2 7 3.5 0 2 2 0% 57.14% $11,744 $1,678 $5,872 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
James T. Wright 16 55 3.44 6 5 10 10.91% 38.18% $75,272 $1,369 $4,705 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 5 8 1.6 0 0 2 0% 25% $4,493 $562 $899 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
James T. Wright 27 124 4.59 20 25 19 16.13% 51.61% $267,975 $2,161 $9,925 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 3 10 3.33 3 0 1 30% 40% $65,204 $6,520 $21,735 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
James T. Wright 31 130 4.19 22 20 23 16.92% 50% $321,595 $2,474 $10,374 0 1
Lisa L. Merritt 2 3 1.5 0 1 1 0% 66.67% $5,555 $1,852 $2,778 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
James T. Wright 33 242 7.33 39 39 36 16.12% 47.11% $463,141 $1,914 $14,035 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 2 3 1.5 1 0 1 33.33% 66.67% $14,692 $4,897 $7,346 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
James T. Wright 37 206 5.57 30 32 33 14.56% 46.12% $390,485 $1,896 $10,554 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 5 19 3.8 3 3 2 15.79% 42.11% $44,630 $2,349 $8,926 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
James T. Wright 32 167 5.22 36 42 21 21.56% 59.28% $417,129 $2,498 $13,035 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 7 32 4.57 5 5 2 15.63% 37.5% $187,685 $5,865 $26,812 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
James T. Wright 47 249 5.3 36 52 27 14.46% 46.18% $418,853 $1,682 $8,912 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 9 70 7.78 8 7 9 11.43% 34.29% $156,324 $2,233 $17,369 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
James T. Wright 56 237 4.23 40 44 33 16.88% 49.37% $459,032 $1,937 $8,197 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 14 71 5.07 13 9 11 18.31% 46.48% $328,652 $4,629 $23,475 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
James T. Wright 61 317 5.2 33 43 49 10.41% 39.43% $405,492 $1,279 $6,647 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 8 32 4 4 7 3 12.5% 43.75% $160,677 $5,021 $20,085 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
James T. Wright 36 179 4.97 45 31 25 25.14% 56.42% $445,658 $2,490 $12,379 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 7 11 1.57 0 2 1 0% 27.27% $6,143 $558 $878 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
James T. Wright 49 236 4.82 52 30 26 22.03% 45.76% $545,682 $2,312 $11,136 0 1
Lisa L. Merritt 9 40 4.44 6 2 3 15% 27.5% $78,656 $1,966 $8,740 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
James T. Wright 50 240 4.8 44 36 29 18.33% 45.42% $326,808 $1,362 $6,536 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 5 9 1.8 0 1 2 0% 33.33% $6,505 $723 $1,301 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
James T. Wright 6 14 2.33 2 2 5 14.29% 64.29% $16,125 $1,152 $2,688 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 1 1 1 1 0 0 100% 100% $4,200 $4,200 $4,200 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
James T. Wright 38 221 5.82 46 37 31 20.81% 51.58% $308,102 $1,394 $8,108 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 6 31 5.17 7 3 1 22.58% 35.48% $75,478 $2,435 $12,580 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
James T. Wright 42 273 6.5 62 49 35 22.71% 53.48% $430,480 $1,577 $10,250 0 1
Lisa L. Merritt 15 99 6.6 12 16 14 12.12% 42.42% $221,176 $2,234 $14,745 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
James T. Wright 33 226 6.85 24 29 32 10.62% 37.61% $160,249 $709 $4,856 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 23 147 6.39 19 20 19 12.93% 39.46% $298,240 $2,029 $12,967 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
James T. Wright 38 168 4.42 33 30 34 19.64% 57.74% $223,285 $1,329 $5,876 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 19 55 2.89 9 5 3 16.36% 30.91% $106,280 $1,932 $5,594 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
James T. Wright 36 209 5.81 48 37 31 22.97% 55.5% $257,264 $1,231 $7,146 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 12 40 3.33 7 5 4 17.5% 40% $98,819 $2,470 $8,235 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
James T. Wright 49 255 5.2 44 50 26 17.25% 47.06% $226,991 $890 $4,632 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 21 76 3.62 12 9 6 15.79% 35.53% $115,593 $1,521 $5,504 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
James T. Wright 47 249 5.3 54 26 23 21.69% 41.37% $216,659 $870 $4,610 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 6 18 3 1 2 1 5.56% 22.22% $8,049 $447 $1,342 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
James T. Wright 27 152 5.63 23 23 21 15.13% 44.08% $124,983 $822 $4,629 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 1 2 2 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 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
James T. Wright 47 239 5.09 38 30 24 15.9% 38.49% $160,621 $672 $3,417 0 0
Lisa L. Merritt 4 13 3.25 2 0 0 15.38% 15.38% $14,315 $1,101 $3,579 0 0