I’m thrilled to spend a few minutes with the inspiring Bill Mott, Hall of Fame, award-winning Thoroughbred trainer. Bill has had a long and successful career training race horses since he was 15 years old in South Dakota. In 1978, he struck out on his own after riding and training for Jack Van Berg, and by the time Bill was 45 years old, he was the youngest trainer ever to be inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame. Bill has won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer four times across three decades. And if those stats don’t impress you, on June 20, 2020, Moon Over Miami won at Churchill Downs, giving Bill his five thousandth win. To date, Bill Mott has had over 28,670 starts with 5,513 first places and almost 9,000 2nds and 3rds with gross earnings of roughly $361 million.

Most recent was Bill’s training of 2023 Horse of the Year Cody’s Wish, and to top it all off, he just won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont in 2025 with power duo Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado.

Bill is an inspiration professionally and personally. He’s a reliable and dedicated boss, husband, father, and friend to many. He’s also generally a man of few words, so I am excited to have him here today to hear his story from horse’s mouth as they say.

What we covered:

1. Bill's 55-year career training race horses
2. Which does he like best, horses or people?
3. Hobbies and favorite places
4. Cigar
5. Cody’s Wish
6. Who will play him in the Cody's Wish movie?
7. The 2025 Derby/Belmont Double
8. Sovereignty
9. Who inspired him and how?

You can find Bill in Saratoga this summer doing what he loves best.

You can find me online:

https://www.bethpride.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bprideauthor/

https://www.facebook.com/bprideauthor

Today, I'm excited to spend time with my inspiring friend, Trisha Addicks, whom I knew in an early chapter of my life at the University of Georgia as Trisha Grode, friend and Chi Omega sorority pledge sister. I didn't know then that Trisha would go on to make Greek Life her purpose, but her passion for helping young women all over the country manage the rush process and beyond truly inspires me.

Trisha created the Rush consulting space in 2017 and owns It's All Greek to Me Rush consulting. She's also a weekly podcast host, has a book coming out, The Rush Bible, coming out next spring, and is in feature film development with Elizabeth Banks and Brownstone Productions.

Trisha inspires me for many reasons we discuss in the podcast, but mainly because she is an excellent example of the power of the pivot. Her story turned into a thriving business thirty years later where she helps young women all over the country navigate the now ramped-up universe of sorority rush. Join Trisha and me in a fun conversation about life's pivots and inspiration.

Where you can find Trisha:

https://itsallgreektome.org/

https://www.instagram.com/rushwithconfidence/?hl=en

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mad-rush-with-trisha-addicks/id1754276948

Where you can find Beth:

https://www.bethpride.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bprideauthor/

Back to Blue Holly: A Novel

Our first connection is with our mothers. We all have one, and they all influence and inspire us in ways we may not recognize until something pops up, like an expression they used that we just said, a recipe we crave, or a moment of courage when we pull from the memory of her showing us how to find it.

In this oral history montage pulled from the interviews with Kentuckians as they sat for artist Kelly Brewer while she painted their portraits for the Common Wealth of Kentucky Project, you will hear a collection of mom moments--specific and universal--in honor of those who brought us in and taught us to live.

In order of voice:
Betty Spain
Shelby Bale
Kate Harper
Jim Gray
Marcos Valdes
Jon Carloftis
Brian McCarty
Shannon Latham
Bill Samuel, Jr.
Gentille Ntakarutimana
Clayton Mullins