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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
Austin Gustafson 73 287 3.93 53 55 45 18.47% 53.31% $1,327,993 $4,627 $18,192 0 1
Don Pleterski 6 35 5.83 5 3 2 14.29% 28.57% $170,226 $4,864 $28,371 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
Austin Gustafson 111 387 3.49 60 52 59 15.5% 44.19% $1,477,481 $3,818 $13,311 0 1
Don Pleterski 2 26 13 1 4 2 3.85% 26.92% $76,301 $2,935 $38,151 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
Austin Gustafson 144 447 3.1 100 81 61 22.37% 54.14% $2,020,890 $4,521 $14,034 0 2
Don Pleterski 3 23 7.67 5 1 3 21.74% 39.13% $98,515 $4,283 $32,838 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
Austin Gustafson 76 212 2.79 50 30 20 23.58% 47.17% $819,969 $3,868 $10,789 0 1
Don Pleterski 1 5 5 1 1 0 20% 40% $21,663 $4,333 $21,663 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
Austin Gustafson 41 161 3.93 21 23 26 13.04% 43.48% $351,820 $2,185 $8,581 0 0
Don Pleterski 1 2 2 1 1 0 50% 100% $14,853 $7,427 $14,853 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
Austin Gustafson 25 125 5 14 21 14 11.2% 39.2% $235,841 $1,887 $9,434 0 0
Don Pleterski 3 13 4.33 1 0 2 7.69% 23.08% $19,413 $1,493 $6,471 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
Austin Gustafson 20 81 4.05 11 15 5 13.58% 38.27% $212,139 $2,619 $10,607 0 0
Don Pleterski 6 48 8 1 1 2 2.08% 8.33% $51,329 $1,069 $8,555 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
Austin Gustafson 12 67 5.58 12 4 9 17.91% 37.31% $162,701 $2,428 $13,558 0 1
Don Pleterski 7 40 5.71 3 3 5 7.5% 27.5% $133,879 $3,347 $19,126 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
Austin Gustafson 17 77 4.53 5 6 6 6.49% 22.08% $76,715 $996 $4,513 0 0
Don Pleterski 8 37 4.63 2 4 2 5.41% 21.62% $117,753 $3,183 $14,719 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
Austin Gustafson 20 71 3.55 11 8 10 15.49% 40.85% $170,890 $2,407 $8,545 0 0
Don Pleterski 7 50 7.14 4 5 5 8% 28% $159,694 $3,194 $22,813 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
Austin Gustafson 5 19 3.8 0 2 1 0% 15.79% $11,826 $622 $2,365 0 0
Don Pleterski 8 61 7.63 1 3 4 1.64% 13.11% $77,105 $1,264 $9,638 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
Austin Gustafson 1 3 3 0 0 0 0% 0% $225 $75 $225 0 0
Don Pleterski 7 37 5.29 1 1 3 2.7% 13.51% $44,147 $1,193 $6,307 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 4 29 7.25 3 2 4 10.34% 31.03% $124,438 $4,291 $31,110 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 7 30 4.29 2 2 3 6.67% 23.33% $106,484 $3,549 $15,212 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 13 59 4.54 6 2 5 10.17% 22.03% $203,518 $3,449 $15,655 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 13 76 5.85 6 4 8 7.89% 23.68% $209,820 $2,761 $16,140 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 11 67 6.09 2 4 7 2.99% 19.4% $130,984 $1,955 $11,908 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 8 51 6.38 3 2 7 5.88% 23.53% $154,648 $3,032 $19,331 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 7 46 6.57 7 5 3 15.22% 32.61% $315,367 $6,856 $45,052 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 5 22 4.4 1 0 2 4.55% 13.64% $38,347 $1,743 $7,669 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 7 21 3 3 3 4 14.29% 47.62% $124,482 $5,928 $17,783 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 10 55 5.5 3 4 3 5.45% 18.18% $143,071 $2,601 $14,307 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 7 75 10.71 11 7 13 14.67% 41.33% $250,897 $3,345 $35,842 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 6 39 6.5 2 4 3 5.13% 23.08% $66,078 $1,694 $11,013 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 9 44 4.89 7 10 2 15.91% 43.18% $108,855 $2,474 $12,095 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 8 32 4 2 1 3 6.25% 18.75% $25,322 $791 $3,165 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
Austin Gustafson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Don Pleterski 3 22 7.33 3 1 3 13.64% 31.82% $35,622 $1,619 $11,874 0 0