Frank Butters
Frank Butters | |
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Occupation | Irish Derby Stakes (1932, 1940, 1948, 1949)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1948) |
Racing awards | |
British Champion Trainer (1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1944, 1946, 1949) | |
Significant horses | |
Beam, Toboggan, Fairway, Udaipur, Light Brocade, Bahram, Mahmoud, Turkhan, Tehran, Steady Aim, Migoli, Masaka, |
Frank Joseph Arthur Butters (1878–1957) was a
Frank Butters was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1878 while his father Joseph Butters was training racehorses there. He was educated in Britain but returned to Austria as an assistant to his father. He was interned in Austria during World War I and trained in Italy after the war.
In 1926 he returned to Britain to start a four-year contract as Lord Derby's trainer at Stanley House stables in
He trained for the Aga Khan until forced to retire after a serious bicycle accident in 1949. In that period he trained nine Classic winners for the Aga Khan including
He trained 1,019 winners in Great Britain and was Champion Trainer in 1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1944, 1946 and 1949. In 1934 he trained the winners of nine of the 28 races at
British Classic wins
- 1,000 Guineas- (1) - Fair Isle (1930)
- 2,000 Guineas - (1) - Bahram(1935)
- Epsom Oaks - (6) - Beam (1927), Toboggan (1928), Udaipur (1932), Light Brocade (1934), Steady Aim (1946), Masaka (1948)
- Epsom Derby - (2) - Bahram (1935), Mahmoud (1936)
- (1944)
References
- Wright, Howard (1986). The Encyclopedia of Flat Racing. Robert Hale. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-7090-2639-0.
- National Horseracing Museum Archived 2007-10-23 at the Wayback Machine