00:00Riley Mott had high expectations set for himself when he went out on his own after working as an
00:07assistant trainer to his father Bill Mott for almost nine years. But he hardly could have
00:11predicted the summer that he's having three years into his solo career. He had his first grade one
00:16winner with a world beater in Saratoga and a month later added a second grade one win with
00:21Argos who's now set to take Mott to his first Breeders' Cup. You know naturally grew up in
00:27the barn you know started coming at an extremely early age. Pretty much my entire childhood I knew
00:34what I wanted to do and that was become a trainer one day. So I feel very lucky that I found that
00:39passion early on in life and I'm currently living a dream. I started out on my own as a full-time
00:45trainer in November of 2022. I guess I was probably 29 or so and you know I thought I could either stay
00:55under my dad for another 10 years and be happy and and you know do well in his operation or I can
01:01you know put what I've learned to the task and see what I can do on my own. I put a major emphasis on
01:09cultivating like a really good team. I think that's one of the things you can control so when you know
01:15that high quality horse or horses come through you're you're ready for it and obviously it takes
01:22the horse. So we have been able to slowly but surely increase the quality of the horses we have
01:27in the barn. World Beater came with I think it was the first full crop of two-year-olds that I got for
01:33Pin Oak Stud. You know we always liked the horse from day one. He was a maiden in the spring and you
01:40know we're here at the beginning of the fall and he's a grade one winner. To be able to win at the highest
01:45level so early in you know our career our team's career really means a lot. Coming fast and test
01:52score on the outside these two will decide it. World Beater and Junior Alvarado have won the Saratoga
01:57Derby Invitational. A grade one anywhere is special but Saratoga is my home track where I grew up you
02:03know as my playground as I was a little kid. Not only that but my entire family was there really couldn't
02:09draw up a you know better situation. He won the what used to be the Virginia Derby the Old Dominion
02:16Derby and we just gave him the rest of the year off which was always you know the a planned vacation
02:21leading into the new year and hopefully point for a big spring season and campaign with him. Argos
02:29came out of the two-year-old sale in Ocala this year and the horse has really been super easy to
02:34train from day one. He's running a couple stakes with a with a grade one win and excited enough to
02:40be able to get to the Breeders' Cup if everything goes well and he stays healthy. My entire life Breeders'
02:47Cup's been you know my Super Bowl what I've looked forward to all year you know I literally like daydream
02:54about it constantly so to have one going and you know just our third year is super exciting and not only
03:03one that qualified but I think you know he's got a legitimate chance to be highly competitive in
03:08the race so really over the moon and you know hopefully everything from here out is cherry on top.
03:15I think it's super important to grow the game you know get new blood. I really want to make an extra
03:21effort to get young people involved. I've got three UK students working for me here at Keeneland,
03:27a UofL student working for me at Churchill. The main thing is the horses you know you need the horses to
03:32be successful. I just really like to keep working for great owners so hopefully the good times keep
03:39rolling and you know we can keep getting fast horses.
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