Wednesday, June 9, 2010

TRAINER BILL MOTT TO PARTICIPATE IN LIVE WEB CHAT

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

 

Contact: Jenny Kellner

vkellner@nyrainc.com

 

 

TRAINER BILL MOTT TO PARTICIPATE IN LIVE WEB CHAT

 

ELMONT, N.Y. – Bill Mott, trainer of 2010 Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer, will participate in a live web chat Friday, June 11, at 8:00 p.m. EDT on nyra.com.

 

Drosselmeyer’s victory was the first in a Triple Crown race for the Hall of Fame trainer, who has won 19 individual training titles at Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course.

 

Born in Mobridge, S.D., Mott knew he would be involved with horses at a young age, accompanying his veterinarian father as he made his calls. He owned and trained his first racehorse, a $320 mare named My Assets, when he was 15, and won his first official race with her at Park Jefferson Racetrack.

 

Later, Mott began working for Hall of Famer Jack Van Berg and went out on his own in 1978 at the age of 25. His first Eclipse Champion was Theatrical (Top Male Turf Horse of 1987); Mott would go on to saddle four more champion horses including the one for which he is best known, two-time Horse of the Year and Older Male Cigar, whose record-tying 16 straight victories encompassed the 1994 NYRA Mile (now the Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile), the 1995 Jockey Club Gold Cup, the 1995 Breeders’ Cup Classic, the 1996 Dubai World Cup and both the 1995 and 1996 editions of the Woodward.

 

Other champions conditioned by Mott include Paradise Creek, Top Male Turf Horse of 1994; Ajina, the Top 3-Year-Old Filly of 1998, and Escena, 1998’s Top Older Filly.

 

The Eclipse Award winner as the nation’s top trainer in 1995 and 1996, Mott was inducted into racing’s Hall of Fame in 1998 at the age of 45, the youngest trainer to achieve the honor.

 

Fans who wish to participate in the live dialogue with Mott may log on to http://www.nyra.com/livechat beginning this Friday at 8 p.m. No pre-registration is necessary and users may simply type questions and comments in the chat field at the bottom of the page for Mott to address. At the conclusion of the chat, an “instant replay” is created for future reference.

 

NYRA has conducted live chats on Friday evenings since October 23. Mott will be the ninth guest host in the chat series, following NYRA Chief Operating Officer Hal Handel, leading trainer Gary Contessa, veteran New York jockey Richard Migliore, Hall of Fame rider Jorge Velasquez, trainer and NYTHA president, Rick Violette, NYRA Racecaller and Director of TV Production John Imbriale, NYRA TV Analyst Jason Blewitt, NYRA Oddsmaker Eric Donovan, and most recently Todd Pletcher, trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver. NYRA TV Analyst Andy Serling regularly hosts the chats.

 

Fans who wish to view transcriptions of previous chats may do so at http://www.nyra.com/livechat.

 

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Posted by Patrick J Patten at 3:19 PM