H. Graham Motion (born May 22, 1964, in

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) is an American

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, notable for his work with 2011

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winner Animal Kingdom and

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. Motion started out training and winning with his own

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horses at age 29, and his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at

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. Graham's father worked as a bloodstock agent. He worked for Johnathan Shepard as an assistant trainer from 1985 through 1990. He then worked as an assistant under trainer Bernie Bond in 1991, then assumed Bond's stable when the trainer retired after 1992. Motion now lives in

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Trainer standings

Motion finished in the top ten of all Maryland conditioners nine times, including seven straight years from 1995 through 2001. He led all trainers with five stakes wins in the 2008

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spring meet.Media Guide 2009, Maryland Jockey Club, February 2, 2008, page 45, trainer profiles. He won his 1,000th race at

on November 6, 2006. In 1997 he finished with a career-best 150 races won. In 2008, Motion finished in the top twelve trainers in earnings nationally with over $6,900,000.

References

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