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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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 2 5 2.5 0 0 0 0% 0% $1,977 $395 $989 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 9 22 2.44 3 5 6 13.64% 63.64% $69,283 $3,149 $7,698 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 4 18 4.5 1 2 1 5.56% 22.22% $35,765 $1,987 $8,941 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 19 69 3.63 8 8 12 11.59% 40.58% $176,680 $2,561 $9,299 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 4 26 6.5 2 4 7 7.69% 50% $75,203 $2,892 $18,801 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 28 122 4.36 26 28 18 21.31% 59.02% $520,905 $4,270 $18,604 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 4 19 4.75 1 5 3 5.26% 47.37% $66,374 $3,493 $16,594 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 29 148 5.1 37 21 25 25% 56.08% $647,191 $4,373 $22,317 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 4 13 3.25 2 1 1 15.38% 30.77% $47,192 $3,630 $11,798 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 26 139 5.35 29 20 15 20.86% 46.04% $540,052 $3,885 $20,771 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 1 5 5 0 0 1 0% 20% $2,897 $579 $2,897 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 28 153 5.46 40 32 28 26.14% 65.36% $710,461 $4,644 $25,374 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 31 109 3.52 16 17 18 14.68% 46.79% $362,098 $3,322 $11,681 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 2 11 5.5 0 0 0 0% 0% $4,556 $414 $2,278 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 20 86 4.3 11 13 11 12.79% 40.7% $244,342 $2,841 $12,217 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 2 9 4.5 1 3 0 11.11% 44.44% $20,931 $2,326 $10,466 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 27 113 4.19 26 21 13 23.01% 53.1% $441,409 $3,906 $16,348 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 3 11 3.67 1 2 0 9.09% 27.27% $18,465 $1,679 $6,155 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 42 164 3.9 18 22 12 10.98% 31.71% $255,282 $1,557 $6,078 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 2 14 7 1 2 2 7.14% 35.71% $22,760 $1,626 $11,380 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 51 252 4.94 50 36 48 19.84% 53.17% $610,017 $2,421 $11,961 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Robert C. Hargens 3 12 4 1 0 0 8.33% 8.33% $18,491 $1,541 $6,164 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 56 205 3.66 33 40 28 16.1% 49.27% $438,924 $2,141 $7,838 0 0