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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 6 45 7.5 5 6 8 11.11% 42.22% $52,431 $1,165 $8,739 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 6 27 4.5 1 3 5 3.7% 33.33% $46,900 $1,737 $7,817 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 37 5.29 4 2 4 10.81% 27.03% $27,043 $731 $3,863 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 3 24 8 1 3 3 4.17% 29.17% $48,071 $2,003 $16,024 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 40 4.44 4 4 5 10% 32.5% $45,141 $1,129 $5,016 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 17 32 1.88 3 2 5 9.38% 31.25% $72,407 $2,263 $4,259 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 13 61 4.69 4 7 10 6.56% 34.43% $49,278 $808 $3,791 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 6 54 9 4 5 5 7.41% 25.93% $134,277 $2,487 $22,380 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 34 4.86 5 5 6 14.71% 47.06% $51,546 $1,516 $7,364 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 11 90 8.18 7 6 10 7.78% 25.56% $139,822 $1,554 $12,711 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
Jerry A. Thurston 11 64 5.82 8 9 10 12.5% 42.19% $181,584 $2,837 $16,508 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
Jerry A. Thurston 12 54 4.5 2 8 8 3.7% 33.33% $75,332 $1,395 $6,278 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 30 5 4 2 4 13.33% 33.33% $48,259 $1,609 $8,043 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 9 23 2.56 1 2 4 4.35% 30.43% $41,778 $1,816 $4,642 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
Jerry A. Thurston 8 24 3 4 4 4 16.67% 50% $107,406 $4,475 $13,426 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
Jerry A. Thurston 6 41 6.83 6 9 3 14.63% 43.9% $145,414 $3,547 $24,236 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 28 4.67 1 5 5 3.57% 39.29% $21,240 $759 $3,540 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 7 38 5.43 1 1 1 2.63% 7.89% $30,635 $806 $4,376 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
Jerry A. Thurston 11 59 5.36 9 4 9 15.25% 37.29% $162,825 $2,760 $14,802 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
Jerry A. Thurston 6 21 3.5 1 4 4 4.76% 42.86% $47,342 $2,254 $7,890 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 52 5.78 2 9 6 3.85% 32.69% $41,198 $792 $4,578 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 12 69 5.75 12 15 7 17.39% 49.28% $209,965 $3,043 $17,497 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 61 8.71 1 2 12 1.64% 24.59% $26,700 $438 $3,814 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 16 52 3.25 8 5 14 15.38% 51.92% $151,745 $2,918 $9,484 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 10 56 5.6 6 8 5 10.71% 33.93% $68,488 $1,223 $6,849 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 19 82 4.32 16 18 12 19.51% 56.1% $297,775 $3,631 $15,672 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 10 66 6.6 4 13 8 6.06% 37.88% $104,168 $1,578 $10,417 0 1
Jerry A. Thurston 11 37 3.36 11 5 8 29.73% 64.86% $149,500 $4,041 $13,591 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 12 62 5.17 3 7 9 4.84% 30.65% $40,829 $659 $3,402 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 12 61 5.08 13 10 11 21.31% 55.74% $192,819 $3,161 $16,068 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 13 61 4.69 4 4 5 6.56% 21.31% $33,801 $554 $2,600 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 25 97 3.88 23 15 15 23.71% 54.64% $359,382 $3,705 $14,375 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 12 63 5.25 4 8 5 6.35% 26.98% $38,311 $608 $3,193 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 16 85 5.31 10 12 13 11.76% 41.18% $206,817 $2,433 $12,926 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
Robert A. MacDonald 8 51 6.38 3 8 4 5.88% 29.41% $19,958 $391 $2,495 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 25 134 5.36 33 20 24 24.63% 57.46% $411,449 $3,071 $16,458 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 13 47 3.62 3 9 4 6.38% 34.04% $28,890 $615 $2,222 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 8 21 2.63 6 4 2 28.57% 57.14% $70,880 $3,375 $8,860 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 17 125 7.35 9 11 20 7.2% 32% $65,370 $523 $3,845 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 5 13 2.6 2 2 0 15.38% 30.77% $12,500 $962 $2,500 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 25 161 6.44 14 20 25 8.7% 36.65% $84,649 $526 $3,386 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 9 52 5.78 9 10 9 17.31% 53.85% $58,467 $1,124 $6,496 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 30 203 6.77 21 26 24 10.34% 34.98% $90,635 $446 $3,021 0 0
Jerry A. Thurston 6 16 2.67 2 1 1 12.5% 25% $14,275 $892 $2,379 0 0