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Before last night Benjamin Butcher hadn’t trained a winner this year. But at Cambridge Barbarossa got him on the board in emphatic fashion as the combo cleared out to a nearly five length win in the Dunstan Horsefeed Mobile Pace. It was his first training success since taking out the Newcomer to Training award at […]
Benjamin Butcher is looking forward to today’s Manawatu meeting where his two harness racing runners back up after a successful day on Sunday. I Can Too (Art Major) scored his maiden victory, in the Wendy Devenport Stables Mobile Pace, with father David Butcher driving while Benjamin was third with and Hearts N Aces (Captaintreacherous) just […]
Benjamin Butcher isn’t sure his return to race driving will bring him a win at Alexandra Park on Friday night but it will sure feel like one. The popular Waikato harness racing horsemen hasn’t been seen in a race since a smash at Alexandra Park in August that left him with a shoulder injury and […]
Cambridge-based trainer-driver Benjamin Butcher will take the next step in his recovery with a harness racing drive at the trials next week. The 29-year-old has not driven in a competitive race since a crash at Alexandra Park last August when he broke his shoulder and suffered a serious concussion. “I’ve had a lot of advice […]
Today’s upset win by Barbarossa (Captaintreacherous) in the Taranaki Steelformers Stratford Cup was a good tonic for Cambridge trainer Ben Butcher who’s been absent from raceday driving for five months whilst recovering from a head injury. The 2100 metre stand was a messy affair and on the second attempt to dispatch the large field, Red […]
The news isn’t good for two of the country’s top harness racing drivers who are facing longer than expected recoveries after recent setbacks. Sarah O’Reilly won’t be back in the sulky this year after breaking her arm in July while Benjamin Butcher says he’s got weeks of physio on his shoulder before he returns to […]
Northern reinsman Benjamin Butcher is out of hospital after a race smash at Alexandra Park on Friday that could have ended so much worse. Butcher was thrown to track soon after the start of the Race 5 when his filly Iron Heart galloped and collided with the stablemate following it, Always B Misty. In the […]
The usual thrill of Friday night winners at Alexandra Park was dulled by a shocking fall that ultimately could have been so much worse. Popular harness racing driver Benjamin Butcher was the worst hurt in the pile up soon after the start of Race 5 but reports late on Friday night suggested he had been […]
Cambridge driver Benjamin Butcher reckons he’s got some place chances at least with his book of six drives at his home track today. “I have a few that, with a bit of luck, I think can finish in the top three, says Butcher. “My three drives for Mike Berger are probably the ones I’ll be […]
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Northern reinsman Benjamin Butcher made a solid start to the new year and new season at Tauherenikau on Sunday, securing a winning double at the dual code meeting. He struck early when Wheres The Gold took out the PGG Wrightson Mobile Pace (2000m) for employers Steve and Amanda Telfer. […]
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Benjamin Butcher is off to a flyer this season, recording a treble of wins at Alexandra Park on Thursday night and bringing up his 200th driving victory in the process. The South Auckland reinsman kicked the night off in style, winning the first race on the card, the Join […]
