KINGSTON, Jamaica - On Thursday, May 12, 2023, the group of 39 trainers officially graduated from the Trainers’ School conducted by the Jamaica Racing Commission. And, by Saturday, May 14, 2023, a number of them had already nominated horses to race.
While most of the lot of 39 have saddled at least one horse for racing, four of them are yet to have a starter.
Among the cohort of new trainers, Oral Hayden has emerged as the leader with 21 wins from 100 starts. Hayden has also earned the highest amount, tallying just over $15 million.
In the second position is Peter-John Parsard with 15 visits to the winners' enclosure from 72 starts. And, with 8 wins from 32 starts, Gregg Fennell has the best winning percentage of 25%.
The statistics from May 14, 2023, to May 5, 2024 are provided below.
These statistics were provided by the Racing Commission, and the Racing Office at Caymanas Park.
| Trainer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | STARTS | Win% | Top3% | STAKES($) | |
| 1 | HAYDEN, ORAL A | 21 | 10 | 12 | 100 | 21% | 43% | $15,050,525 |
| 2 | PARSARD, PETER-JOHN I | 15 | 11 | 8 | 72 | 21% | 47% | $12,919,975 |
| 3 | BROWN, RICARDO H | 11 | 9 | 9 | 84 | 13% | 35% | $8,055,850 |
| 4 | CUNNINGHAM, CARLTON | 11 | 7 | 5 | 70 | 16% | 33% | $7,051,900 |
| 5 | FENNELL, GREGG A | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 25% | 59% | $5,773,300 |
| 6 | WILLIAMS, COURTNEY S | 8 | 6 | 17 | 76 | 11% | 41% | $5,582,450 |
| 7 | BROWN, MARLON | 7 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 18% | 47% | $4,654,150 |
| 8 | MATHIE, RICARDO R | 7 | 3 | 8 | 57 | 12% | 32% | $4,973,025 |
| 9 | SWABY, PAUL | 7 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 15% | 35% | $5,294,800 |
| 10 | BERNARD, BARRINGTON | 6 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 9% | 35% | $5,536,600 |
| 11 | HUTCHINSON, DONOVAN A | 5 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 10% | 38% | $4,951,450 |
| 12 | PRINCE, ADRIAN | 4 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 10% | 40% | $3,110,025 |
| 13 | ANGLIN, LYDIA D | 4 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 13% | 48% | $2,757,850 |
| 14 | PUSEY, MARLON L | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16% | 52% | $3,125,650 |
| 15 | SPENCER, MICHAEL A | 4 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 14% | 34% | $2,572,800 |
| 16 | DAWES, DONWELL F | 4 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 17% | 42% | $2,309,750 |
| 17 | SHIM, LENNIS L | 2 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 6% | 26% | $1,506,000 |
| 18 | CAIN, MICHAEL Jr | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7% | 19% | $1,734,300 |
| 19 | GAYLE, DAMON N | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11% | 26% | $1,232,050 |
| 20 | CLARKE, DONAVON F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 20% | 50% | $1,125,600 |
| 21 | WILLIAMS, OMAR M | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10% | 29% | $1,547,300 |
| 22 | FREEMANTLE LAWRENCE Jr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | $1,148,400 | ||
| 23 | ROMAN SAQLAIN | 1 | 8 | 2 | 25 | $2,025,350 | ||
| 24 | DAVIDSON, ALFRED A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5% | 16% | $964,400 |
| 25 | THOMPSON, LESRA A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11% | 22% | $473,000 |
| 26 | TUCKER, KHARY Z | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 4% | 17% | $875,850 |
| 27 | WEHBY, NICHOLAS D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25% | 50% | $735,750 |
| 28 | ADAMS, ANDRE S | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14% | 29% | $542,550 |
| 29 | BAILEY, HOWARD D | 1 | 6 | 1 | 24 | |||
| 30 | CHIN, ORALDO R | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0% | 56% | $579,250 |
| 31 | HARRIS, ALPHANSO B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0% | 29% | $323,550 |
| 32 | BINNS, WAYNE M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 0% | $79,200 |
| 33 | JARRETT, PATRICK G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0% | $19,650 |
| 34 | FRANCIS, ALDEN J | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0% | $10,550 |
| 35 | JOHNSON ORVILLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0% | |
| 36 | GAYLE HUGH | Has yet to start a horse | ||||||
| 37 | GRIFFITHS WINSTON | Has yet to start a horse | ||||||
| 38 | PALMER KENNETH | Has yet to start a horse | ||||||
| 39 | VACEANNIE PAUL |
Has yet to start a horse
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