TEAM VALOR move string to Maryland.

GRAHAM MOTION TO TRAIN ALL TEAM VALOR INTERNATIONAL HORSES,
BARRY IRWIN'S STRING WILL MOVE TO THE FAIR HILL TRAINING CENTER

Graham Motion, effective immediately, will train all of Team Valor International's horses based in North America. Barry Irwin's far-flung stable will be housed under one roof in a 40-stall barn that Team Valor is buying at Fair Hill Training Center near Elkton, Maryland.

Team Valor and Motion came to a mutual agreement last week prior to the Breeders' Cup, in which Motion saddled the winner of the Filly & Mare Turf in Shared Account and Team Valor owned the winner of the Juvenile Turf in Pluck.

Motion will continue to operate his public stable out of his current barn at Fair Hill, but he will be the only trainer Team Valor will employ.

"It's a good opportunity for us," said Motion. "Team Valor has some very nice horses."

Pluck arrives at Fair Hill later in the week and is under serious consideration for the Irish Two Thousand Guineas next spring.

"I remember when Fourstars Allstar was trained on the East Coast and was sent over to win the Irish Two Thousand Guineas," said Irwin. "I always had in mind to try to duplicate that feat if we ever came up with a proper candidate. I think Pluck could be that horse. I mentioned this to Graham and he shares my enthusiasm for the project."

A longtime advocate of European training methods, Irwin said that the main reasons for making the move from various racetracks to one training center are that the opportunity to have one set of eyes on all of his horses on a daily basis appealed to him and the chance to have Motion train the string was exhilarating.

This season Motion has trained South African import Gypsy's Warning to win the Grade 3 Eatontown at Monmouth and place in the Grade 1 Yellow Ribbon and Grade 1 Beverly D Stakes, as well as German import Daveron, who took the Scoot Stakes at Belmont Park.

"I will miss our current trainers," Irwin said. "I have the highest admiration for them and they have done a super job for the stable. But at this stage of our stable's development, we think we can have a more cohesive business and training environment with all of our horses in one place."

Congrats is that where they make the cookies?

All the best Team Valor .

What cookies?

It is a private training center where Barbaro trained for the Kentucky Derby.

Team Valor consolidates US breeding operations

all the best Barry(tu)

The above Mention DAVERON won the Grade2 Spa stakes lastnight (tu)

Daveron is the poster child for my move to Fair Hill. She benefitted mightily from being trained in a European setting away from the racetrack. She was a nervous wrech at the racetrack. Now she is better than ever and at age 6 no less.

congrats on daveron win barry....(tu)