With the sun breaking through at Churchill Downs Nov. 5, all was quiet on the backside as everyone waited for the 12:05 p.m. EDT post time for day two of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
With morning training over at 8 a.m., there were not many trainers around.
One that was on hand was Bill Mott, the Hall of Famer who the previous day saddled Royal Delta to win the Ladies’ Classic (gr. I). The win by the favorite gave Mott his second straight win in the race after saddling Unrivaled Belle to win a year ago, and set him up to possibly sweep the weekend’s feature races. In Saturday's Classic (gr. I), Mott will be represented by Drosselmeyer and To Honor and Serve.
“You can go years without winning one of these races, and then you win one and then two,” said Mott, noting that he had a quiet celebration following the race. “It’s strange how that works out.”
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