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H. Graham Motion
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H. Graham Motion
Birthdate: May 22, 1964
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Residence: Fair HIll, Md.
Family: wife, Anita; daughter, Jane; son, Marcus. |
2007 Gulfstream Record
| Starts |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Winning % |
Earnings |
| 60 |
7 |
5 |
9 |
12 |
$251,755 |
Career:
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One of the leading turf trainers in the U.S. with a reputation built on the feats of veteran campaigner Better Talk Now. The winner of the 2004 John Deere Breeders’ Cup Turf made his fourth appearance in that race in 2007 and the 9-year-old is expected to remain in training this winter pointing toward races in Dubai. Last year, Better Talk Now earned his fifth Grade 1 victory in the Manhattan at Belmont.
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Motion’s first Grade 1 star, Film Maker, score a pair of runner-up finishes behind Ouija Board, in 2004 and 2006 Filly & Mare Turf. She was third in that race in 2005.
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Other stakes winners Motion has trained include Funfair, Broken Vow, Humaita, Confessional, Chilito, T. D. Vance, Kona Blend, Bursting Forth, Equality, Trajectory and Sweet Talker.
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He added Rosinka, Jade’s Revenge and Bridge Game to this list in 2007.
Other:
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Attended high school in Europe before family moved to Connecticut … His father Michael was a bloodstock agent and American representative for Tattersalls, a leading horse-auction company overseas … Worked under Jonathan Sheppard 1985-1990 and Bernard Bond in 1991: assumed that one’s stable after Bond’s retirement later that year … Wife Anita worked in France as assistant to Alain Royer Dupre … His mother Jo rode as an amateur jockey in England and worked as an assistant trainer in England and America. She also took care of the 1951 Grand National winner Nickel Coin. She owns a successful tack shop in Middleburg, Va
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