Bill Mott at Churchill

Originally Posted by jpops757

I read somewhere, maybe on the old board that he was one of the trainers reluctant to use any of the new state of the art procedures that are used by some of the more succesful and progressive trainers. I dont know but has anyone here have any input.

No way Jpops, I don't subscribe to that.
The purses at Churchill are good, so some trainers leave some behind to run there. Obviously with an assistant trainer. 1) Not all asst trainers are as good as the guy whose name appears in the program. 2) What kind of horses do you leave behind at a place where you aren't gonna be? Horse who you don't think can cut it in NY!!!! Obviously horses that arent on your A string.

Mott loves it up here, and can be seen all summer long up here, not just during the meet. he has shop set up at belmont but an even bigger shop up here in Saratoga. Thats where his "a" horses are.

What shocks me is that Habersham just caught onto this with Mott. His Churchill string has been underperforming his New York string every summer for at least ten years. And of course they get overbet because of the name in the program. Its a double whammy.