Trainer Bill Mott saved the best for last in 2011, and it helped him
capture his third Eclipse Award as champion trainer in a tight race. He
received 83 first-place votes while Bob Baffert garnered 60 votes.
Third-place finisher Todd Pletcher landed 57 first-place votes.
Mott, 58, was the man at the 2011 Breeders' Cup World Championships at
Churchill Downs. He won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic
with Palides Investments' 3-year-old filly Royal Delta Nov. 4, and the
following day won the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic with WinStar
Farm's 4-year-old colt Drosselmeyer.
It was the start of a big November for Mott as six of his 15 graded-stakes victories on the year came during the month.
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