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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Sam R on December 26, 2023, 12:13:44 PM

Title: Matt Butcher passed
Post by: Sam R on December 26, 2023, 12:13:44 PM

Matt Butcher had been battling cancer passed away over the weekend.

Title: Re: Matt Butcher passed
Post by: tumbleweed on December 26, 2023, 12:15:40 PM

RIP Matt. Drove many a horse for me.

Title: Re: Matt Butcher passed
Post by: Sam R on December 26, 2023, 12:28:04 PM

He was the owner and trainer of Enough Talk whom he sold that won the Breeders Crown for aged trotters.

Title: Re: Matt Butcher passed
Post by: Generation XYZ on December 26, 2023, 01:27:43 PM

May he rest in peace.

Title: Re: Matt Butcher passed
Post by: GypsyDancer1 on December 29, 2023, 10:04:37 AM

I asked Matt’s advice on a horse I had a drive on- as a struggling P driver I got the ones no one else wanted to drive. This horse was a double wrap flat back puller- Matt just drawled “well , what do you want to hold him for?” He wasn’t wrong- horse wasn’t going to win no matter what.