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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 39 124 3.18 17 12 24 13.71% 42.74% $726,117 $5,856 $18,618 0 1
John T. Kirby 22 69 3.14 13 14 13 18.84% 57.97% $428,746 $6,214 $19,488 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 49 179 3.65 26 15 28 14.53% 38.55% $1,121,659 $6,266 $22,891 0 1
John T. Kirby 23 80 3.48 18 16 10 22.5% 55% $550,682 $6,884 $23,943 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
John T. Kirby 22 66 3 14 15 9 21.21% 57.58% $390,754 $5,921 $17,762 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
John T. Kirby 30 84 2.8 11 6 16 13.1% 39.29% $287,291 $3,420 $9,576 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
John T. Kirby 26 113 4.35 15 20 15 13.27% 44.25% $521,170 $4,612 $20,045 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
John T. Kirby 25 81 3.24 9 10 12 11.11% 38.27% $254,570 $3,143 $10,183 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
John T. Kirby 10 40 4 3 3 1 7.5% 17.5% $75,905 $1,898 $7,591 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
Michael Yates 32 107 3.34 14 21 12 13.08% 43.93% $614,634 $5,744 $19,207 0 1
John T. Kirby 16 44 2.75 2 5 2 4.55% 20.45% $77,706 $1,766 $4,857 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
John T. Kirby 9 31 3.44 3 2 6 9.68% 35.48% $64,118 $2,068 $7,124 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
John T. Kirby 1 2 2 0 0 0 0% 0% $3,000 $1,500 $3,000 0 0