Pay the Butler

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Pay the Butler
Sire
Red Smith Handicap (1988)
Japan Cup
(1988)

Pay the Butler (20 February 1984 – 1991) was an American

Red Smith Handicap
on his North American debut and in November he defeated a top-class international field in the Japan Cup. He remained in training for two further seasons and ran well in several major contests but recorded only one minor win. He was retired to stud in Japan but died in 1991 after one season as a breeding stallion.

Background

Pay the Butler was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by Robin Scully's Clovelly Farm.

reserve price of $20,000.[5]

Racing career

1986 & 1987: two- and three-year-old seasons

As a two-year-old, Pay the Butler raced in France and failed to win in five races although he finished third in the Listed Prix Herbager at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse. In the following year was unplaced in eight of his nine races but recorded his first victory when he won the Listed Grand Prix de Strasbourg on 28 May.[6][7]

1988: four-year-old season

In the early part of 1988, Pay the Butler raced three times in France, winning a

Bowling Green Handicap and the Man o' War Stakes before running unplaced in the Canadian International Stakes on October 16.[6]

Pay the Butler was sent to Japan to contest the eighth running of the

Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap) and My Big Boy (Bernard Baruch Handicap) whilst the Southern hemisphere was represented by the New Zealand-bred gelding Bonecrusher. The best of the "home team" appeared to be Tamamo Cross, who started favourite after wins in the Takarazuka Kinen and the Tenno Sho and the three-year-old Oguri Cap. Ridden by Chris McCarron, Pay the Butler won by half a length from Tamamo Cross, with Oguri Cap taking third just ahead of My Big Boy, Tony Bin and Moon Madness.[8]

On his final appearance of the year, Pay the Butler finished sixth behind the Breeders' Cup Turf winner Great Communicator in the Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack on December 24.

1989: five-year-old season

Pay the Butler failed to win in nine starts as a five-year-old in 1989 but ran well in several major turf races. He finished second in the

Oak Tree Invitational Stakes as well as running third in the John Henry Handicap and the Bowling Green Handicap.[6] On his final start of the year he attempted to repeat his 1988 success in the Japan Cup. He was gain ridden by McCarron and finished third of the fifteen runners behind Horlicks and Oguri Cap.[9]

1990: six-year-old season

Pay the Butler began his 1990 campaign by winning an allowance race at Hollywood Park in May but failed to make any impact in five subsequent races. On his final appearance he finished fourth in an allowance at Hollywood in November.[6]

Stud record

Pay the Butler was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion in Japan but died in 1991 after one season at stud. The best of his only crop of foals was Pal Bright, a mare who recorded Grade III wins in the Niigata Kinen and the Hakodate Kinen.[10]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Pay the Butler (USA), bay stallion 1984[1]
Sire
Val de l'Orne (FR)
1972 		Val de Loir (FR)
1959 		Vieux Manoir
Brantome
Vieille Maison
Vali Sunny Boy
Her Slipper
Aglae (FR)
1965 		Armistice Worden
Commemoration
Aglae Grace Mousson
Agathe
Dam
Princess Morvi (USA)
1975 		Graustark (USA)
1963 		Ribot Tenerani
Romanella
Flower Bowl
Alibhai
Flower Bed
Silani (FR)
1965 		Silnet Fastnet
Silver Jill
Anabara Arbar
Flying Carpet (Family 9-e)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pay the Butler pedigree". equineline.com.
  2. ^ "Edmund Gann, Raced Medaglia d'Oro, Dies". The Blood-Horse. 9 February 2010.
  3. ^ Melaina Phipps (18 July 2013). "Robin Scully of Clovelly Farms Dies". The Blood-Horse.
  4. ^ a b "Maid Of Masham - Family 9-e". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  5. ^ "Keeneland Yearling Sale September 1985". Equineline.
  6. ^ a b c d "Pay the Butler - Statistics". equibase.com.
  7. ^ Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. "Pay the Butler (USA)". jbis.jp.
  8. ^ "1988 Japan Cup result". Racing Post. 27 November 1988.
  9. ^ "1989 Breeders' Cup result". Racing Post. 26 November 1989.
  10. ^ Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. "Stallion Reports - Pay the Butler". jbis.jp.
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