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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 6 11 1.83 0 0 1 0% 9.09% $22,580 $2,053 $3,763 0 0
Christopher W. Melton 3 4 1.33 1 0 1 25% 50% $16,670 $4,168 $5,557 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 10 53 5.3 3 6 6 5.66% 28.3% $227,025 $4,283 $22,703 0 0
Christopher W. Melton 2 2 1 0 1 0 0% 50% $14,954 $7,477 $7,477 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 23 95 4.13 3 5 10 3.16% 18.95% $181,487 $1,910 $7,891 0 0
Christopher W. Melton 2 2 1 0 1 0 0% 50% $13,085 $6,543 $6,543 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 31 124 4 10 9 14 8.06% 26.61% $418,835 $3,378 $13,511 0 0
Christopher W. Melton 1 4 4 0 2 0 0% 50% $3,174 $794 $3,174 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
Christopher W. Melton 2 3 1.5 0 0 0 0% 0% $881 $294 $441 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
Christopher W. Melton 7 17 2.43 0 2 2 0% 23.53% $29,795 $1,753 $4,256 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
Christopher W. Melton 4 5 1.25 2 0 0 40% 40% $14,210 $2,842 $3,553 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
Christopher W. Melton 7 28 4 3 7 6 10.71% 57.14% $150,104 $5,361 $21,443 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
Christopher W. Melton 16 38 2.38 2 8 6 5.26% 42.11% $43,418 $1,143 $2,714 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 71 273 3.85 29 28 38 10.62% 34.8% $1,682,257 $6,162 $23,694 1 1
Christopher W. Melton 19 66 3.47 9 13 9 13.64% 46.97% $76,566 $1,160 $4,030 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
Christopher W. Melton 30 144 4.8 17 11 17 11.81% 31.25% $178,480 $1,239 $5,949 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 100 359 3.59 48 58 35 13.37% 39.28% $2,675,001 $7,451 $26,750 3 3
Christopher W. Melton 40 187 4.68 38 25 27 20.32% 48.13% $316,826 $1,694 $7,921 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 108 392 3.63 56 44 45 14.29% 36.99% $3,155,180 $8,049 $29,215 5 7
Christopher W. Melton 44 147 3.34 12 23 14 8.16% 33.33% $133,220 $906 $3,028 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
Christopher W. Melton 42 128 3.05 15 9 20 11.72% 34.38% $125,390 $980 $2,985 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 113 408 3.61 66 62 51 16.18% 43.87% $2,886,890 $7,076 $25,548 2 9
Christopher W. Melton 41 154 3.76 25 21 20 16.23% 42.86% $264,282 $1,716 $6,446 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 94 370 3.94 72 66 51 19.46% 51.08% $6,245,281 $16,879 $66,439 5 13
Christopher W. Melton 46 148 3.22 19 22 23 12.84% 43.24% $243,727 $1,647 $5,298 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 121 436 3.6 62 55 60 14.22% 40.6% $5,140,794 $11,791 $42,486 5 8
Christopher W. Melton 32 115 3.59 12 17 19 10.43% 41.74% $114,357 $994 $3,574 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 109 422 3.87 71 66 58 16.82% 46.21% $4,298,811 $10,187 $39,439 4 6
Christopher W. Melton 25 104 4.16 16 15 9 15.38% 38.46% $115,377 $1,109 $4,615 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 104 462 4.44 86 70 65 18.61% 47.84% $8,201,418 $17,752 $78,860 13 19
Christopher W. Melton 11 35 3.18 8 2 5 22.86% 42.86% $44,851 $1,281 $4,077 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 100 452 4.52 86 68 52 19.03% 45.58% $6,968,292 $15,417 $69,683 8 16
Christopher W. Melton 2 4 2 2 0 1 50% 75% $8,528 $2,132 $4,264 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 116 507 4.37 77 86 59 15.19% 43.79% $5,344,914 $10,542 $46,077 10 11
Christopher W. Melton 3 6 2 2 0 0 33.33% 33.33% $11,435 $1,906 $3,812 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 118 525 4.45 90 83 67 17.14% 45.71% $3,713,208 $7,073 $31,468 0 2
Christopher W. Melton 7 23 3.29 4 3 2 17.39% 39.13% $24,149 $1,050 $3,450 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 96 451 4.7 71 62 64 15.74% 43.68% $5,124,106 $11,362 $53,376 3 5
Christopher W. Melton 5 13 2.6 3 1 0 23.08% 30.77% $25,928 $1,994 $5,186 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
Christopher W. Melton 7 21 3 2 5 4 9.52% 52.38% $20,332 $968 $2,905 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
Christopher W. Melton 7 30 4.29 7 4 3 23.33% 46.67% $54,302 $1,810 $7,757 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
Christopher W. Melton 11 49 4.45 3 6 6 6.12% 30.61% $24,115 $492 $2,192 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 106 457 4.31 67 52 64 14.66% 40.04% $3,268,313 $7,152 $30,833 5 7
Christopher W. Melton 12 72 6 6 6 10 8.33% 30.56% $27,660 $384 $2,305 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 89 398 4.47 62 54 45 15.58% 40.45% $5,758,267 $14,468 $64,700 9 13
Christopher W. Melton 16 78 4.88 8 8 12 10.26% 35.9% $54,832 $703 $3,427 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
Nicholas P. Zito 64 354 5.53 46 58 53 12.99% 44.35% $3,224,230 $9,108 $50,379 6 7
Christopher W. Melton 7 50 7.14 7 9 4 14% 40% $31,261 $625 $4,466 0 0