Horse racing column: A forever wait can end in the Breeders’ Cup Classic
DEL MAR — Bill Mott didn’t stop thinking about the Breeders’ Cup Classic after he declared his horse, the morning-line favorite Sovereignty, out of America’s richest race.
Wednesday morning outside barn DD, as Mott talked with one reporter after another about the fever that sidelined Sovereignty, the trainer discussed the excellent lineup of horses still running in the Classic on Saturday at Del Mar.
I asked him about Forever Young, the Japan-based horse who’s an X-