BILL Mott grinned the way only Bill Mott can grin, walking toward one of the flat screen TVs near the paddock on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. You know the look, if you’ve ever interviewed him, the sort of, “I’d answer your question if it were a better question,” or better yet, “I’ll let you know what I want you to know and probably nothing more.”

Never malicious and always a bit shrewd and calculated, Mott gives what he wants. After watching Hidden Scroll make a dozen other three-year-old maidens look very ordinary, Mott stated the obvious with that grin.