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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
Michael Yates 49 179 3.65 26 15 28 14.53% 38.55% $1,121,659 $6,266 $22,891 0 1
James B. Ludwig 3 4 1.33 0 0 0 0% 0% $1,440 $360 $480 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
Michael Yates 50 179 3.58 20 36 14 11.17% 39.11% $1,544,676 $8,629 $30,894 1 5
James B. Ludwig 2 11 5.5 0 1 4 0% 45.45% $13,030 $1,185 $6,515 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
Michael Yates 44 143 3.25 21 24 20 14.69% 45.45% $1,135,958 $7,944 $25,817 2 3
James B. Ludwig 2 7 3.5 0 1 0 0% 14.29% $12,400 $1,771 $6,200 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
Michael Yates 53 160 3.02 23 18 19 14.38% 37.5% $1,103,008 $6,894 $20,811 0 2
James B. Ludwig 2 8 4 2 1 1 25% 50% $52,210 $6,526 $26,105 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
Michael Yates 54 168 3.11 22 15 28 13.1% 38.69% $1,038,035 $6,179 $19,223 0 2
James B. Ludwig 2 11 5.5 2 1 2 18.18% 45.45% $46,500 $4,227 $23,250 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
Michael Yates 45 178 3.96 35 24 30 19.66% 50% $1,293,017 $7,264 $28,734 0 4
James B. Ludwig 2 12 6 2 1 2 16.67% 41.67% $37,185 $3,099 $18,593 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
Michael Yates 32 107 3.34 14 21 12 13.08% 43.93% $614,634 $5,744 $19,207 0 1
James B. Ludwig 1 3 3 1 1 0 33.33% 66.67% $21,600 $7,200 $21,600 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
Michael Yates 38 113 2.97 15 16 13 13.27% 38.94% $626,982 $5,549 $16,500 0 1
James B. Ludwig 3 9 3 1 0 0 11.11% 11.11% $30,780 $3,420 $10,260 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
Michael Yates 36 138 3.83 11 20 22 7.97% 38.41% $393,135 $2,849 $10,920 0 1
James B. Ludwig 4 17 4.25 1 6 2 5.88% 52.94% $73,250 $4,309 $18,313 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
Michael Yates 38 133 3.5 15 18 15 11.28% 36.09% $344,725 $2,592 $9,072 0 0
James B. Ludwig 5 30 6 1 5 3 3.33% 30% $36,260 $1,209 $7,252 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
Michael Yates 34 101 2.97 9 7 9 8.91% 24.75% $254,012 $2,515 $7,471 0 0
James B. Ludwig 9 20 2.22 2 0 2 10% 20% $26,235 $1,312 $2,915 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
Michael Yates 33 118 3.58 14 13 19 11.86% 38.98% $401,271 $3,401 $12,160 0 0
James B. Ludwig 8 31 3.88 1 6 2 3.23% 29.03% $50,520 $1,630 $6,315 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
Michael Yates 30 113 3.77 13 18 15 11.5% 40.71% $407,126 $3,603 $13,571 0 0
James B. Ludwig 4 20 5 0 1 0 0% 5% $6,861 $343 $1,715 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
Michael Yates 37 143 3.86 18 16 13 12.59% 32.87% $505,501 $3,535 $13,662 0 1
James B. Ludwig 6 28 4.67 1 0 1 3.57% 7.14% $9,323 $333 $1,554 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
Michael Yates 38 128 3.37 16 13 6 12.5% 27.34% $329,586 $2,575 $8,673 0 0
James B. Ludwig 8 24 3 2 0 0 8.33% 8.33% $18,008 $750 $2,251 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
Michael Yates 36 108 3 13 14 6 12.04% 30.56% $248,969 $2,305 $6,916 0 0
James B. Ludwig 7 27 3.86 2 1 6 7.41% 33.33% $24,390 $903 $3,484 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
Michael Yates 29 94 3.24 10 7 10 10.64% 28.72% $155,126 $1,650 $5,349 0 0
James B. Ludwig 8 26 3.25 1 0 2 3.85% 11.54% $12,525 $482 $1,566 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
Michael Yates 18 77 4.28 5 9 7 6.49% 27.27% $105,891 $1,375 $5,883 0 0
James B. Ludwig 3 8 2.67 0 1 3 0% 50% $8,476 $1,060 $2,825 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
Michael Yates 3 4 1.33 0 0 0 0% 0% $845 $211 $282 0 0
James B. Ludwig 5 19 3.8 0 1 1 0% 10.53% $13,540 $713 $2,708 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
Michael Yates 8 24 3 0 2 2 0% 16.67% $15,479 $645 $1,935 0 0
James B. Ludwig 2 4 2 0 0 1 0% 25% $3,430 $858 $1,715 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
Michael Yates 8 15 1.88 2 1 1 13.33% 26.67% $26,865 $1,791 $3,358 0 0
James B. Ludwig 3 13 4.33 0 1 0 0% 7.69% $6,680 $514 $2,227 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
Michael Yates 9 21 2.33 4 1 2 19.05% 33.33% $62,572 $2,980 $6,952 0 0
James B. Ludwig 6 32 5.33 2 2 3 6.25% 21.88% $30,590 $956 $5,098 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
Michael Yates 2 5 2.5 0 0 0 0% 0% $2,590 $518 $1,295 0 0
James B. Ludwig 8 44 5.5 3 3 3 6.82% 20.45% $30,027 $682 $3,753 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
Michael Yates 5 8 1.6 0 1 1 0% 25% $3,786 $473 $757 0 0
James B. Ludwig 5 20 4 2 5 2 10% 45% $22,962 $1,148 $4,592 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
Michael Yates 7 9 1.29 0 1 1 0% 22.22% $5,086 $565 $727 0 0
James B. Ludwig 6 19 3.17 1 1 1 5.26% 15.79% $11,335 $597 $1,889 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
Michael Yates 9 17 1.89 2 2 1 11.76% 29.41% $17,097 $1,006 $1,900 0 0
James B. Ludwig 3 14 4.67 0 3 1 0% 28.57% $9,870 $705 $3,290 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
Michael Yates 3 7 2.33 0 2 1 0% 42.86% $7,175 $1,025 $2,392 0 0
James B. Ludwig 2 5 2.5 0 0 0 0% 0% $1,140 $228 $570 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
Michael Yates 5 12 2.4 1 0 3 8.33% 33.33% $12,924 $1,077 $2,585 0 0
James B. Ludwig 3 3 1 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 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
Michael Yates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
James B. Ludwig 3 9 3 1 0 0 11.11% 11.11% $4,200 $467 $1,400 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
Michael Yates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 0 0
James B. Ludwig 1 5 5 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0 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
Michael Yates 4 16 4 0 0 4 0% 25% $5,197 $325 $1,299 0 0
James B. Ludwig 1 6 6 0 0 0 0% 0% $270 $45 $270 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
Michael Yates 9 32 3.56 3 5 3 9.38% 34.38% $18,194 $569 $2,022 0 0
James B. Ludwig 1 10 10 2 0 3 20% 50% $11,021 $1,102 $11,021 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
Michael Yates 10 50 5 7 6 8 14% 42% $37,526 $751 $3,753 0 0
James B. Ludwig 3 9 3 1 0 0 11.11% 11.11% $1,923 $214 $641 0 0