H. Graham Motion

Tags: Horse Trainer.

H. Graham Motion (born May 22 1964 in Cambridge England) is an American horse trainer notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29 his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park Racecourse. Graham’s father worked as a bloodstock agent. He worked for Johnathan Shepard as an Assistant Trainer from 1985 through 1990.

award

Big Sport of Turfdom Award

birth date

1964-05-22

birth place

Cambridge

occupation

Horse trainer

race

Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Breeders' Cup Turf, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Gallorette Handicap, Barbaro Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, Hilltop Stakes, Maryland Million Lassie, The Very One Stakes, Dixie Stakes, Sky Classic Stakes, Canonero II Stakes, Maryland Million Ladies, Private Terms Stakes, William Donald Schaefer Handicap, Maryland Million Nursery, Man o' War Stakes, Manhattan Handicap, Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes, Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap, United Nations Stakes, Knickerbocker Handicap, James W. Murphy Stakes, Maryland Million Day

race horse

Better Talk Now, Icabad Crane, Animal Kingdom (horse), Went_The_Day_Well, Film_Maker_(horse)

wins

1500