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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
Danny W. Payne 3 11 3.67 1 2 1 9.09% 36.36% $19,506 $1,773 $6,502 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 7 9 1.29 1 2 1 11.11% 44.44% $25,139 $2,793 $3,591 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,031
Danny W. Payne 6 34 5.67 3 1 2 8.82% 17.65% $48,193 $1,417 $8,032 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
Danny W. Payne 6 47 7.83 2 9 5 4.26% 34.04% $53,508 $1,138 $8,918 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
Danny W. Payne 9 64 7.11 3 5 11 4.69% 29.69% $110,450 $1,726 $12,272 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
Danny W. Payne 8 58 7.25 4 7 9 6.9% 34.48% $155,356 $2,679 $19,420 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
Danny W. Payne 9 34 3.78 4 3 4 11.76% 32.35% $130,621 $3,842 $14,513 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
Danny W. Payne 4 23 5.75 3 4 0 13.04% 30.43% $78,738 $3,423 $19,685 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
Danny W. Payne 8 33 4.13 2 5 6 6.06% 39.39% $66,032 $2,001 $8,254 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
Danny W. Payne 3 20 6.67 1 2 1 5% 20% $17,783 $889 $5,928 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
Danny W. Payne 10 54 5.4 4 5 4 7.41% 24.07% $49,275 $913 $4,928 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
Danny W. Payne 16 136 8.5 11 15 13 8.09% 28.68% $167,826 $1,234 $10,489 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
Danny W. Payne 12 74 6.17 6 4 5 8.11% 20.27% $80,508 $1,088 $6,709 0 0
Valerie K. Shanyfelt 56 205 3.66 33 40 28 16.1% 49.27% $438,924 $2,141 $7,838 0 0