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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 $22,028
Clifford Dodson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
Nicholas Esler 3 3 1 0 0 0 0% 0% $2,560 $853 $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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,028
Clifford Dodson 4 15 3.75 1 0 2 6.67% 20% $17,737 $1,182 $4,434 0 0
Nicholas Esler 2 2 1 0 0 0 0% 0% $2,150 $1,075 $1,075 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 $22,028
Clifford Dodson 15 79 5.27 2 4 6 2.53% 15.19% $41,869 $530 $2,791 0 0
Nicholas Esler 19 69 3.63 8 8 13 11.59% 42.03% $305,384 $4,426 $16,073 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 $22,028
Clifford Dodson 17 80 4.71 2 2 5 2.5% 11.25% $49,864 $623 $2,933 0 0
Nicholas Esler 22 86 3.91 8 10 18 9.3% 41.86% $462,255 $5,375 $21,012 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 $22,028
Clifford Dodson 15 59 3.93 2 4 9 3.39% 25.42% $54,064 $916 $3,604 0 0
Nicholas Esler 24 84 3.5 9 12 17 10.71% 45.24% $622,261 $7,408 $25,928 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
2025 National Trainer Avg. 4 13.53% 40.55% $5,513 $22,028
Clifford Dodson 19 86 4.53 10 9 5 11.63% 27.91% $149,917 $1,743 $7,890 0 1
Nicholas Esler 34 93 2.74 17 8 10 18.28% 37.63% $636,979 $6,849 $18,735 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 $22,028
Clifford Dodson 23 95 4.13 6 10 13 6.32% 30.53% $117,263 $1,234 $5,098 0 0
Nicholas Esler 16 65 4.06 14 7 7 21.54% 43.08% $376,935 $5,799 $23,558 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 $22,028
Clifford Dodson 11 86 7.82 4 7 9 4.65% 23.26% $101,804 $1,184 $9,255 0 0
Nicholas Esler 5 8 1.6 1 2 0 12.5% 37.5% $45,610 $5,701 $9,122 0 0