Pay the Butler

Pay the Butler
Pay the Butler, ridden by Chris McCarron, shortly after their victory at the 1988 Japan Cup
SireVal de l'Orne
GrandsireVal de Loir
DamPrincess Morvi
DamsireGraustark
SexStallion
Foaled20 February 1984
Kentucky, U.S.[1]
DiedJuly 1, 1991(1991-07-01) (aged 7)
Japan
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederClovelly Farm
OwnerEdmund A. Gann[2]
Koichiro Hayata
TrainerJohn Fellows France[3]
Robert J. Frankel USA
Record40: 5-5-5
Earnings$1,934,140 (equivalent to $4,570,000 in 2025)
Major wins
Red Smith Handicap (1988)
Japan Cup (1988)
Honours
Pay the Butler Stakes (2011)

Pay the Butler (20 February 1984 – 1 July 1991) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was best known for winning the 1988 Japan Cup. Bred at Clovelly Farm, Kentucky, he began his racing career in France, achieving mixed results and winning only 2 of his 17 races. Upon returning to the United States as a four-year-old, he won the Red Smith Handicap in his North American debut.

The highlight of Pay the Butler's career came in November 1988, when he defeated a strong field of international racers, including Tony Bin and Oguri Cap, at the annual invitational Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse in an upset victory. This was Pay the Butler's sole Grade I (GI) victory, and came with a winner's purse of over a million dollars. He remained in training for two further seasons and ran in several major GI contests, including the following year's Japan Cup and Arlington Million, but his performances were inconsistent and he recorded only one further minor win. He was retired to stud in Japan in 1991 but was euthanized following a ruptured ligament after producing one crop of foals.

Background

Pay the Butler was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by Robin Scully's Clovelly Farm.[4] He was sired by the French stallion Val de l'Orne who won the Prix du Jockey Club in 1975. His other progeny included the Queen's Plate winners Golden Choice and La Lorgnette as well as the Hollywood Derby winner Victory Zone. Pay The Butler's dam Princess Morvi produced several other winners including River God (also by Val de l'Orne) who won the Queen's Vase and finished third in the St Leger. She was a descendant of the influential French broodmare L'Esperance.[5] As a yearling, the colt was offered for sale at Keeneland in September 1985 but failed to reach his reserve price of $20,000.[6]

Pay the Butler was named after another horse seen by his trainer in France, John Fellows, during a trip he took to Australia. As both horses would be based on opposite sides of the globe, Fellows adopted the name in full for his horse back in France.[a][8]


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.[9][10]

1988: four-year-old season

In the early part of 1988, Pay the Butler raced three times in France, winning a handicap race at Longchamp Racecourse on April 4 and was then sent to the United States to be trained by Robert J. Frankel. On his first appearance for his new trainer Pay the Butler contested the Grade II Red Smith Handicap over ten furlongs at Belmont Park on May 28, winning by a neck over Equalize after a strong charge in the final stretch of the race;[11] a victory that resulted in the then-largest pick-six payoff in New York racing history at $500,000 (equivalent to $1,361,000 in 2025).[12] He continued to run well in the United States, finishing second in both the Bowling Green Handicap and the Man o' War Stakes before running unplaced in the Canadian International Stakes on October 16.[9]

Pay the Butler was sent to Japan to contest the eighth running of the Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on November and started at odds of 13.9/1 in a fourteen-runner field. There was a strong European contingent comprising Tony Bin from Italy, Moon Madness and Shady Heights (International Stakes) from Britain and Kondor (Preis von Europa, Aral-Pokal) from Germany. The other North American contenders were Salem Drive (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, earning $1,033,000 (equivalent to $2,810,000 in 2025).[13][14] During his time in Japan with Pay the Butler for the event, McCarron was impressed with the Japan Racing Association's racing program, leading to his eventual founding of the North American Racing Academy.[15]

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, with the exception of the Arlington Million, having been a last minute replacement in the race.[16] He finished second in the Pan American Handicap and the Oak Tree Invitational Stakes as well as running third in the John Henry Handicap and the Bowling Green Handicap.[9] On his final start of the year he attempted to repeat his 1988 success in the Japan Cup. He was again ridden by McCarron and finished third of the fifteen runners behind Horlicks and Oguri Cap.[17] Despite not winning any of his races in the year, Pay the Butler's annual purse winnings for the year was nearly $509,000.[18]

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.[9]

Stud record and death

Some time after his final race, Pay the Butler was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion in Japan. However, during his first season, on 1 July 1991 Pay the Butler was euthanized after suffering from a ruptured ligament following a fall at the farm he was standing at. Pay the Butler was buried in Yushun Memorial Park in Niikappu, Hokkaido.[19][20]

In total, Pay the Butler mated with 53 mares and produced 43 foals, earning a total of ¥489,815,000 (equivalent to ¥574,100,000 in 2024). The racing results for his progeny were modest, with most of his foals racing at an ungraded level or for only a few runs. Of them, the only horse to win a graded race was Pal Bright, a mare who won the GIII Niigata Kinen in 1997 and the GIII Hakodate Kinen in 1998.[21][22]

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)[5]

Cultural references and legacy

Pay the Butler's race and subsequent victory at the Japan Cup was depicted in the manga and anime Umamusume: Cinderella Gray,[23] a series that chronicles the racing career of Oguri Cap through anthropomorphized versions of the racehorses of the late 1980s and early 1990s.[24] While often the series directly uses the real life names of the racehorses, Pay the Butler's stand-in was named Obey Your Master due to permission issues.[25]

On 19 November, 2011, the Aqueduct Race Track in Queens, New York City, ran the Pay the Butler Stakes, a 1+116 mile race with ten entrants and carrying a prize of $60,000 (equivalent to $86,000 in 2025). It was won by Kindergarden Kid, who defeated Sal the Barber by a neck.[26][27]

Race record

As contemporary American newspapers generally only reported the finishing margin for the top three horses in races, margin data for races where Pay the Butler didn't place was often not recorded.

Pay the Butler's career statistics
Date Race Grade Track Field Finish Margin Jockey Ref
20/08/1986 Prix de Crevecoeur Maiden Deauville 6 4 12 lengths Gary-Williams Moore [3][28]
10/10/1986 Prix Herbager Listed Stakes Maisons-Laffitte 7 3 Neck Eric Saint-Martin [3][29]
19/10/1986 Prix du Louvre Longchamp 8 3 34 lengths Eric Saint-Martin [3][30]
07/11/1986 Prix Mieuxce Saint-Cloud 18 4 2 lengths Guy Guignard [3][31]
29/11/1986 Prix Victrix Saint-Cloud 15 4 3 lengths Guy Guignard [3][32]
27/03/1987 Prix Clamart Maisons-Laffitte 11 6 1+12 lengths Gary-Williams Moore [3][33]
21/04/1987 Prix Flying Fox Maisons-Laffitte 16 8 Distance Guy Guignard [3][34]
13/05/1987 Prix de Nanterre Longchamp 11 10 Distance Alfred Gibert [3][35]
28/05/1987 Grand Prix de Strasbourg Listed Stakes Strasbourg 11 1 Winner Laurent Chaille [3][36]
20/06/1987 Prix Souverain Listed Stakes Saint-Cloud 7 7 Distance Laurent Chaille [3][37]
19/07/1987 Hessen-Pokal II Frankfurt 13 9 Unrecorded Laurent Chaille [3][38]
02/08/1987 Prix de la Ville de Trouville-sur-Mer Listed Stakes Deauville 8 8 Distance Gary-Williams Moore [3][39]
23/08/1987 Prix de Triquerville Saint-Malo 7 4 Neck Laurent Chaille [3][40]
02/10/1987 Prix Niceas Listed Stakes Maisons-Laffitte 10 5 Head Antony-Steven Cruz [3][41]
12/03/1988 Prix R.T.L (Becheville Prize) Handicap Saint-Cloud 21 4 Head Dominique Boeuf [3][42]
04/04/1988 Prix de Plaisance Handicap Longchamp 20 1 Winner Dominique Boeuf [3][43]
17/04/1988 Prix d'Hedouville III Longchamp 10 5 Neck Dominique Boeuf [3][44]
28/05/1988 Red Smith Handicap II Belmont Park 14 1 Winner Robbie Davis [11]
18/06/1988 Bowling Green Handicap I Belmont Park 13 2 Neck Robbie Davis [9][45][46][47]
05/09/1988 Del Mar Handicap II Del Mar 11 6 Unrecorded Russell Baze [9][48][49]
24/09/1988 Man O' War Stakes I Belmont Park 9 2 12 lengths Robbie Davis [9][50][51]
09/10/1988 Turf Classic I Belmont Park 9 5 Unrecorded Robbie Davis [52][53]
16/10/1988 Rothmans International Stakes I Woodbine 15 9 7+12 lengths Larry Attard [9][54][55]
27/11/1988 Japan Cup I Tokyo 14 1 Winner Chris McCarron [56]
24/12/1988 Hollywood Turf Cup Handicap I Hollywood Park 10 6 Unrecorded Chris McCarron [9][57][58]
07/03/1989 Pan American Handicap I Gulfstream Park 8 2 11 lengths Chris McCarron [9][59][60]
25/03/1989 San Luis Rey Stakes I Santa Anita 5 4 Unrecorded Chris McCarron [9][61][62]
14/05/1989 John Henry Handicap I Hollywood Park 8 3 12 lengths Chris McCarron [9][63]
29/05/1989 Hollywood Turf Handicap I Hollywood Park 9 5 <2 lengths Chris McCarron [9][59][64][65]
18/06/1989 Bowling Green Handicap I Belmont Park 10 3 1+12 lengths Robbie Davis [9][66][67]
03/09/1989 Arlington Million I Arlington 13 12 Unrecorded Robbie Davis [9][68]
23/09/1989 Louisiana Downs Handicap, First Division II Louisiana Downs 9 2 3+12 lengths Robbie Davis [9][66][69]
14/10/1989 Oak Tree Invitational Handicap I Santa Anita 9 2 4 lengths Gary Stevens [9][70][71]
26/11/1989 Japan Cup I Tokyo 15 3 3 lengths Chris McCarron [72]
03/05/1990 Allowance race Hollywood Park 5 1 Winner Robbie Davis [9][73][74]
28/05/1990 Hollywood Turf Handicap I Hollywood Park 6 6 Unrecorded Eddie Delahoussaye [9][75][76]
16/06/1990 Golden Gate Handicap II Golden Gate 11 10 Unrecorded Eddie Delahoussaye [9][75][77][78]
06/10/1990 Oak Tree Invitational Handicap I Santa Anita 11 8 Unrecorded Robbie Davis [9][79][80]
17/10/1990 Henry P. Russell Handicap Santa Anita 10 5 Unrecorded Robbie Davis [9][79][81]
12/11/1990 Allowance race Hollywood Park 8 4 Unrecorded Robbie Davis [9][82]

Notes

  1. ^ The Australian Pay the Butler, born in 1979, ultimately never raced.[7]

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