Trainer Graham Motion notched career victory 2,000 at Delaware Park on
Tuesday. The milestone win came in the 7TH race when Rachel Wall (Blame) posted
a 10-length triumph in a $35,000 allowance event. The three-year-old filly was
ridden by Julian Pimentel.
In addition to winning the 2011 Kentucky Derby (G1) with Animal Kingdom, the
51-year-old native of Cambridge, England, has also won the Breeders’ Cup Turf
(G1) twice, with Better Talk Now in 2004 and Main Sequence in 2014, and the
Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) with Shared Account. Motion notched his
first career victory in 1993 and his 1,000th in 2006. Both of those victories
were at Laurel.
“This is very gratifying, not only for me but for everyone who has been a
part of this team,” Motion said. “We have some people who have been working with
us from the start, I have been lucky to have very loyal long time owners behind
me and I am blessed to have the support of my family. This milestone is a
reflection of all of those people. I think it is fitting the win came at
Delaware Park since a lot of my accomplishments early in my career were at
Delaware and Maryland. Hopefully, we will enjoy many more.”
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