William Mott

Breeders' Cup record, 1991–2025

William Mott has saddled 125 Breeders' Cup starters since 1991, winning 15 (12%) — most often the Distaff, with $25,886,210 in purse money.

125Starts

15Wins

92nd

113rd

12%Win rate

28%In the money

$25,886,210Earnings

2026 runners

Race	Horse	Jockey	M/L
2026 Dirt Mile	T Kraft	Junior Alvarado	15/1
2026 Classic	Sovereignty	Junior Alvarado	5/2
2026 Classic	Knightsbridge	Luis Saez	9/2

Breeders' Cup wins

Year	Race	Horse	Jockey	Odds
2025	Distaff	Scylla	Junior Alvarado	7.60
2023	Dirt Mile	Cody's Wish	Junior Alvarado	0.80
2023	Juvenile Fillies	Just F Y I	Junior Alvarado	7.00
2023	Sprint	Elite Power	Irad Ortiz Jr.	1.70
2022	Dirt Mile	Cody's Wish	Junior Alvarado	2.16
2022	Sprint	Elite Power	Irad Ortiz Jr.	5.55
2016	Mile	Tourist	Joel Rosario	12.40
2012	Distaff	Royal Delta	Mike Smith	1.70
2011	Classic	Drosselmeyer	Mike Smith	14.80
2011	Distaff	Royal Delta	Jose Lezcano	2.20
2010	Distaff	Unrivaled Belle	Kent Desormeaux	7.50
1998	Distaff	Escena	Gary Stevens	3.00
1997	Distaff	Ajina	Mike Smith	4.80
1995	Classic	Cigar	Jerry Bailey	0.70
1992	Turf	Fraise	Patrick Valenzuela	14.00

By race

Race	Starts	Wins	Top 3
Distaff	17	6	9
Classic	21	2	6
Sprint	6	2	2
Dirt Mile	4	2	3
Mile	24	1	5
Turf	21	1	6
Juvenile Fillies	4	1	1
Filly & Mare Turf	10	0	2
Juvenile Fillies Turf	6	0	0
Filly & Mare Sprint	4	0	0
Juvenile	4	0	0
Juvenile Turf	2	0	1
Turf Sprint	2	0	0

Every start

Year	Race	Horse	Fin	Odds	Jockey
2025	Distaff	Scylla	1	7.60	Junior Alvarado
2024	Classic	Arthur's Ride	12	13.30	Junior Alvarado
2024	Filly & Mare Sprint	Scylla	4	5.60	Mike Smith
2024	Filly & Mare Turf	War Like Goddess	5	4.90	Junior Alvarado
2024	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Scythian	12	16.20	Junior Alvarado
2023	Dirt Mile	Cody's Wish	1	0.80	Junior Alvarado
2023	Juvenile Fillies	Just F Y I	1	7.00	Junior Alvarado
2023	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Gala Brand	13	20.00	Jose Ortiz
2023	Mile	Casa Creed	3	6.30	Luis Saez
2023	Sprint	Elite Power	1	1.70	Irad Ortiz Jr.
2023	Turf	War Like Goddess	7	9.80	Junior Alvarado
2022	Classic	Olympiad	2	26.88	Junior Alvarado
2022	Dirt Mile	Cody's Wish	1	2.16	Junior Alvarado
2022	Filly & Mare Sprint	Obligatory	5	6.32	Jose Ortiz
2022	Filly & Mare Sprint	Frank's Rockette	11	9.76	Luis Saez
2022	Sprint	Elite Power	1	5.55	Irad Ortiz Jr.
2022	Turf	War Like Goddess	3	3.47	Joel Rosario
2022	Turf	Channel Maker	7	44.58	Jose Ortiz
2022	Turf Sprint	Casa Creed	9	11.48	Luis Saez
2021	Classic	Art Collector	6	10.20	Mike Smith
2021	Distaff	Horologist	9	61.10	Junior Alvarado
2021	Filly & Mare Turf	War Like Goddess	3	2.30	Julien Leparoux
2021	Mile	Casa Creed	8	37.40	Junior Alvarado
2021	Turf	Channel Maker	5	55.40	Luis Saez
2020	Classic	Tacitus	4	21.20	Jose Ortiz
2020	Distaff	Horologist	9	14.50	Junior Alvarado
2020	Filly & Mare Turf	Harvey's Lil Goil	3	20.40	Junior Alvarado
2020	Mile	Casa Creed	12	21.90	Junior Alvarado
2020	Sprint	Frank's Rockette	11	5.80	Junior Alvarado
2020	Turf	Channel Maker	3	9.10	Manuel Franco
2019	Classic	Elate	4	9.30	Jose Ortiz
2019	Classic	Yoshida (JPN)	8	7.40	Mike Smith
2019	Turf	Channel Maker	12	22.10	John Velazquez
2018	Classic	Yoshida (JPN)	4	14.50	Jose Ortiz
2018	Juvenile	Topper T	8	52.20	Tyler Gaffalione
2018	Turf	Channel Maker	11	7.50	Jose Ortiz
2017	Distaff	Elate	4	2.00	Jose Ortiz
2017	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Capla Temptress (IRE)	7	11.70	Joel Rosario
2017	Mile	Ballagh Rocks	9	16.90	Jose Lezcano
2016	Filly & Mare Sprint	Carina Mia	9	3.10	Julien Leparoux
2016	Juvenile Turf	Good Samaritan	3	2.70	Joel Rosario
2016	Mile	Tourist	1	12.40	Joel Rosario
2016	Turf Sprint	Celestine	12	6.90	Joel Rosario
2015	Dirt Mile	Lea	2	5.90	Jose Lezcano
2015	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Harmonize	7	4.50	Junior Alvarado
2015	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Gliding By	12	16.70	Jose Lezcano
2015	Mile	Tourist	8	12.80	Jose Lezcano
2014	Classic	Cigar Street	7	11.60	John Velazquez
2014	Distaff	Close Hatches	11	3.20	Joel Rosario
2014	Filly & Mare Turf	Emollient	9	11.80	Rosie Napravnik
2014	Juvenile Fillies	Puca	6	4.20	Joel Rosario
2014	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Quality Rocks	10	23.80	Jose Lezcano
2014	Mile	Seek Again	9	11.00	Joel Rosario
2014	Mile	Tourist	13	25.20	Rosie Napravnik
2013	Classic	Flat Out	8	13.50	Joel Rosario
2013	Distaff	Close Hatches	2	7.50	Joel Rosario
2013	Distaff	Royal Delta	4	1.40	Mike Smith
2013	Filly & Mare Turf	Emollient	4	14.30	Mike Smith
2012	Classic	Flat Out	3	6.20	Joel Rosario
2012	Classic	Ron the Greek	4	8.80	Jose Lezcano
2012	Classic	To Honor and Serve	10	16.10	John Velazquez
2012	Distaff	Royal Delta	1	1.70	Mike Smith
2011	Classic	Drosselmeyer	1	14.80	Mike Smith
2011	Classic	To Honor and Serve	7	9.90	Jose Lezcano
2011	Distaff	Royal Delta	1	2.20	Jose Lezcano
2011	Mile	Courageous Cat	13	8.30	Patrick Valenzuela
2010	Distaff	Unrivaled Belle	1	7.50	Kent Desormeaux
2010	Mile	Proviso (GB)	7	9.30	Mike Smith
2010	Turf	Al Khali	7	4.60	Julien Leparoux
2009	Dirt Mile	Mr. Sidney	7	20.10	Kent Desormeaux
2009	Distaff	Mushka	2	16.10	Kent Desormeaux
2009	Filly & Mare Turf	Dynaforce	8	13.50	Kent Desormeaux
2009	Mile	Courageous Cat	2	22.90	Garrett Gomez
2008	Classic	Go Between	5	8.00	Garrett Gomez
2008	Filly & Mare Turf	Dynaforce	7	14.20	Alan Garcia
2008	Juvenile	Pioneerof the Nile	5	32.20	Robby Albarado
2008	Mile	War Monger	7	24.10	Kent Desormeaux
2007	Juvenile	Z Humor	5	6.90	Kent Desormeaux
2007	Juvenile Fillies	Zee Zee	8	19.00	Robby Albarado
2007	Juvenile Turf	Prussian	10	3.60	Kent Desormeaux
2007	Mile	My Typhoon (IRE)	13	29.70	Eddie Castro
2007	Sprint	Forefathers	10	19.80	Kent Desormeaux
2006	Filly & Mare Turf	My Typhoon (IRE)	6	30.00	Robby Albarado
2006	Juvenile	Got the Last Laugh	13	65.80	Rene Douglas
2005	Distaff	Sweet Symphony	9	7.70	Jerry Bailey
2005	Filly & Mare Turf	Wend	6	12.70	John Velazquez
2005	Mile	Sand Springs	11	18.80	Jerry Bailey
2005	Turf	Gun Salute	8	21.40	Cornelio Velasquez
2005	Turf	Shakespeare	12	3.90	Jerry Bailey
2004	Mile	Silver Tree	5	21.90	Edgar Prado
2002	Mile	Del Mar Show	7	61.50	Patrick Valenzuela
2001	Turf	Hap	5	5.60	Jerry Bailey
2000	Classic	Vision and Verse	8	37.50	Heberto Castillo Jr.
2000	Filly & Mare Turf	Snow Polina	4	9.70	Pat Day
2000	Mile	Hap	9	20.00	Chris McCarron
2000	Mile	King Cugat	11	3.50	Jerry Bailey
2000	Sprint	Dream Supreme	6	29.90	Chris McCarron
2000	Turf	Subtle Power (IRE)	10	30.50	Jerry Bailey
2000	Turf	Down the Aisle	12	9.10	Pat Day
1999	Classic	Vision and Verse	9	17.10	Gary Stevens
1999	Mile	Garbu	13	21.80	Jerry Bailey
1999	Turf	Royal Anthem	2	8.70	Gary Stevens
1999	Turf	Yagli	4	7.30	Jerry Bailey
1998	Distaff	Escena	1	3.00	Gary Stevens
1998	Juvenile Fillies	Confessional	9	5.60	Jerry Bailey
1998	Mile	Favorite Trick	8	2.60	Pat Day
1998	Turf	Yagli	2	19.30	Corey Nakatani
1997	Classic	Dowty	3	46.10	Gary Stevens
1997	Distaff	Ajina	1	4.80	Mike Smith
1997	Distaff	Escena	3	4.80	Jerry Bailey
1997	Mile	Geri	2	6.10	Jerry Bailey
1996	Classic	Cigar	3	0.65	Jerry Bailey
1995	Classic	Cigar	1	0.70	Jerry Bailey
1995	Distaff	Vinista	10	23.00	Jerry Bailey
1994	Distaff	Link River	8	31.50	Julie Krone
1994	Turf	Paradise Creek	3	0.80	Pat Day
1994	Turf	Fraise	11	23.20	Chris McCarron
1994	Turf	Dahlia's Dreamer	12	23.20	Jorge Chavez
1993	Mile	Paradise Creek	8	8.20	Pat Day
1993	Mile	Lech	11	102.80	Craig Perret
1993	Turf	Fraise	4	14.10	Patrick Valenzuela
1992	Mile	Paradise Creek	2	30.30	Pat Day
1992	Turf	Fraise	1	14.00	Patrick Valenzuela
1991	Classic	Chief Honcho	8	19.70	Mike Smith
1991	Sprint	Take Me Out	7	22.10	Mike Smith

Breeders' Cup starts since 1991, from the official charts. Earnings are purse money won by the horse in these races.