GRAHAM Motion stood in his shedrow at his main barn at Fair Hill Training Center on May 30th and talked about a potential jumper for sale, about a job for his son at Saratoga this summer and about American racing politics.

Before, during and after all points of conversation, the British-born, American-based conditioner nonchalantly, almost subconsciously, pointed to a big, bay filly making left turns. “There’s Miss Temple City,” Motion said. Dapples made like spin art, Miss Temple City strolled past.