691 - 95, 93, 89
$9,801,660
352 - 47, 54, 42
$4,680,575
Ajina: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (1997)
Cigar: Horse of the Year (1995-96); Top Older Male (1995-96)
Escena: Top Older Female (1998)
Paradise Creek: Top Turf Male (1994)
Royal Delta: Top Older Female (2012-13); Top Three-Year-Old Filly (2011)
Theatrical: Top Turf Male (1987)
* 2007 Saratoga, 27 wins
* 2005 Belmont spring, 22
* 2001 Saratoga, 22
* 2000 Belmont spring, 21
* 2000 Saratoga, 17
* 2000 Belmont fall, 18
* 1999 Saratoga, 16
* 1998 Belmont spring, 20
* 1998 Belmont fall, 17
* 1997 Belmont spring, 21
* 1997 Saratoga, 15 (tie)
* 1996 Belmont spring, 24
* 1996 Saratoga, 20
* 1995 Belmont spring, 27
* 1995 Saratoga, 18
* 1995 Belmont fall, 23
* 1994 Belmont fall, 16
* 1993 Saratoga, 12
* 1992 Saratoga, 14 (tie)
* Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1998 at age 45, the youngest trainer to receive the honor
* Perhaps best-known as the trainer of two-time Horse of the Year Cigar, who won 16 straight races from 1995-96 including an undefeated 10-win season in 1995
* Won the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Mile with Tourist, Mott’s 10th Breeders’ Cup victory
* Saddled Royal Delta for a pair of victories in the 2011 and 2012 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic
* Won his third Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in 2011, having already garnered the title in 1995 and 1996
* Won his first Triple Crown race in 2010 when Drosselmeyer took the Belmont Stakes
* Leading trainer at Saratoga in 2007 (27 wins)
* Recipient of the 1996 Turf Publicists of America “Big Sport of Turfdom” Award, with
Cigar, Allen Paulson and Jerry Bailey
* Theatrical won seven stakes, including the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Hollywood Park, and the Eclipse Award as Top Male Turf Horse in 1987
* Father was a veterinarian
* Owned and trained his first horse - a $320 mare named My Assets – when he was 15. * Worked for Jack Van Berg for three years and went out on his own in 1978
* After Drosselmeyer’s Belmont victory, Mott, who trained horses for the late George
Steinbrenner, threw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium
* “My father was a veterinarian who worked with horses, and I used to follow him around on his calls. After watching him ... I knew that I wanted to spend my life working with horses.”
* “My Assets at the bush tracks when I was 15. She dead-heated for first.”
After Market: Hall of Fame (2006); Lexington (2006)
Ajina: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1997); Coaching Club American Oaks (1997); Mother Goose (1997); Demoiselle (1996); Tempted (1996)
Alaura Michele: P. G. Johnson (2011)
A Lot: Paradise Creek (2015)
Al Khali: Bowling Green (2010); Saranac (2009)
America: Turnback the Alarm H. (2015); Affectionately (2015)
Angara: Diana (2006)
Arena Elvira: Turnback the Alarm H. (2011)
Around the Cape: Jaipur H. (2006)
Bail Out Becky: Del Mar Oaks (1995); Nijana (1995)
Baptize: Hall of Fame H. (2001)
Birdrun: Brooklyn H. (2011)
Boundary: A Phenomenon (1994)
Bounding Charm: Waya (2004)
Broadway Flyer: Sword Dancer Invitational H. (1996)
Carina Mia: Acorn (2016)
Cayuga’s Waters: Pebbles (2005)
Celestine: Just A Game (2016); Wild Applause (2015); Wait a While (2015)
Changing Skies: Waya (2010)
Chief Honcho: Brooklyn (1992); Excelsior (1991); Jim Dandy (1990)
Cigar: Woodward (1995, 1996); Donn (1995,1996); Breeders’ Cup Classic (1995); Jockey Club Gold Cup (1995); Hollywood Gold Cup (1995); Pimlico Special (1995); Oaklawn Park H. (1995); Gulfstream Park H. (1995); NYRA Mile (1994)
Clear Attempt: Poker (2012)
Close Hatches: Personal Ensign (2014); Ogden Phipps (2014); Apple Blossom H. (2014); Cotillion (2013); Mother Goose (2013)
Colcon: Noble Damsel (1997)
Composer: Jim Dandy (1995)
Confessional: Frizette (1998)
Courageous Cat: Shoemaker Mile (2011); Hall of Fame (2009)
Court Vision: Hollywood Derby (2008); Jamaica (2008); Remsen (2007) Crown Queen: Q.E. II Challenge Cup (2014); Lake Placid (2014)
Dahlia’s Dreamer: Flower Bowl Invitational H. (1994)
Del Mar Show: Bernard Baruch (2002)
Delta Princess: Beaugay (2003)
Diablo: True North (1991)
Down the Aisle: United Nations (2000)
Dream Supreme: Distaff BC (2001); Gallant Bloom (2000); Ballerina (2000); Test (2000)
Drosselmeyer: Breeders’ Cup Classic (2011); Belmont Stakes (2010)
Duda: Matriarch (1995); Sheepshead Bay (1995)
Dynaforce: Beverly D. (2009); Flower Bowl Inv. (2008)
Elizabeth Bay: Just a Game (1994)
Elusive Quality: Poker (1998); Jaipur H. (1998)
Emollient: Rodeo Drive (2014); Spinster (2013); American Oaks (2013); Ashland (2013)
Escena: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1998); Apple Blossom (1998)
Fast Cookie: De La Rose (2004)
Favorite Trick: Jim Dandy (1998)
Filimbi: De La Rose (2014)
Flat Out: Cigar Mile H. (2013); Suburban H. (2013); Westchester (2013); Jockey Club Gold Cup Inv. (2012)
Fraise: Hollywood Turf Cup (1993); Breeders’ Cup Turf (1992); Sword Dancer H. (1992)
Gaily Gaily: Flower Bowl H. (1988)
Geri: Oaklawn H. (1996)
Go Between: Pacific Classic (2008)
Green Means Go: Lexington (1995); Hill Prince (1995)
Ground Storm: Stymie (2004, 2002)
Halisee: Saranac (1993); Hill Prince (1993)
Hap: Bernard Baruch (2000-01); Fourstardave (2000)
Harmonize: Del Mar Oaks (2016); P.G. Johnson (2015)
Harp Islet: Jaipur (1989)
Heatherten: Hempstead (1984-85); Ruffian (1984); Apple Blossom (1984); Ladies (1984)
Idle Rich: Glens Falls (1999)
Isabelle: Bay Ridge (2016); Broadway (2015); Bouwerie (2015)
Japan: Easy Goer (2015)
Jill Miner: Correction (1994)
King Cugat: Bowling Green (2001); Jamaica (2000)
Lady Lara: De La Rose (2016); Pebbles (2014)
Lassigny: Rothmans Int’l. (1995)
Lea: Donn H. (2014)
Limit: Busanda (1995)
Link River: John A. Morris (1994)
Lion Cavern: True North (1993)
Listen Here: Amsterdam (2002); Nashua (2001)
Llandaff: Lexington (1993)
Lunar Victory: Empire Classic (2012); Evan Shipman (2012)
Mr. Sidney: Mile (2009)
Macagone: Artie Schiller (2016); Danger’s Hour (2016)
Majestic Warrior: Hopeful (2007)
Marcavelly: Hill Prince (2007)
Miesque’s Approval: Pilgrim (2001)
Miss Fortunate: Rare Treat (2005)
Missed the Storm: Test (1993); Astarita (1992); Personal Ensign (1992)
Mosler: Elusive Quality (2015)
Mushka: Spinster (2009); Glens Falls (2009); Demoiselle (2007)
My Typhoon: Diana (2007); Ballston Spa (2006)
Namaste’s Wish: Miss Grillo (2007)
Northern Emerald: Flower Bowl Invitational H. (1995)
Nunnery: Waya (2007)
Paradise Creek: D.C. International (1994); Arlington Million (1994); Manhattan (1994);
Hollywood Derby (1992); Hall of Fame (1992)
People’s Princess: Rare Treat (2002)
Phantom Breeze: Manhattan (1990)
Pommes Frites: Athenia (2006-07); Beaugay (2006)
Proviso: First Lady (2010); Diana (2010); Just a Game (2010); Frank E. Kilroe (2010)
Repletion: Queens County (1993)
Richter Scale: True North (1998)
Riposte: New York (2014); Sheepshead Bay (2014)
Ron the Greek: Jockey Club Gold Cup Inv. (2013); Santa Anita H. (2012); Stephen Foster H. (2012); Queens County H. (2011)
Royal Anthem: Gulfstream Park BC (2000)
Royal Delta: Personal Ensign H. (2013); Delaware H. (2013); Breeders’ Cup Ladies’
Classic (2012); Beldame Inv. (2012); Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (2011); Alabama (2011)
Sand Springs: Diana (2005); Just a Game (2005)
Seek Again: Fourstardave (2014)
Sefa’s Beauty: Apple Blossom (1985)
Shakespeare: Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (2005); Belmont BC (2005)
Sharp Susan: Lake Placid (2007)
Silver Tree: Fort Marcy (2008); Fourstardave (2007); Bernard Baruch (2004)
Sir Cat: Knickerbocker (1997); Hall of Fame (1996)
Snow Polina: Beverly D. (2000)
Sophisticated Man: Evan Shipman (1999)
Speightster: Dwyer (2015)
Starformer: New York (2013); Long Island H. (2012)
Startac: Belmont BC (2002)
Strategic Mission: Fort Marcy (2001)
Stroll: Turf Classic (2004); Jamaica (2003); Hall of Fame H. (2003)
Stylish: Ballston Spa (2003)
Subtle Power: Gulfstream Park BC (2001)
Suffused: Glens Falls (2016); Belmont Coronation Invitational (2016)
Sweet Symphony: Alabama (2005)
Take Me Out: King’s Bishop (1991)
Taylor’s Special: Blue Grass (1984)
Theatrical: Breeders’ Cup Turf (1987); Man o’ War (1987); Turf Classic (1987); Sword Dancer H. (1987); Bowling Green (1987); Red Smith (1987); Hialeah Turf Cup (1987)
To Honor and Serve: Woodward (2012); Westchester (2012); Cigar Mile H. (2011); Remsen (2010); Nashua (2010)
Tourist: Breeders’ Cup Mile (2016); Fourstardave H. (2016); Sir Cat (2016)
Traverse City: Correction (1996); Interborough (1996)
Treat Gently: Sheepshead Bay (2010)
Unrivaled Belle: Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (2010)
Wekiva Springs: Suburban (1996); Brooklyn (1996); Gulfstream Park H. (1996)
Wend: New York (2005)
White Rose: Glens Falls (2015)
Win With a Wink: Joseph A. Gimma (2006)
Worth Avenue: Tempted (1989)
Yagli: United Nations (1999); Manhattan (1999); Gulfstream Park BC (1999); Bernard Baruch (1998)
Yokama: Long Island (1998)
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