Anthony Butt is a driver of

standardbred The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing, where members of the breed compete at either a trot or pace. Developed in North America, the Standardbred is recognized worldwide, and the breed can trace i ...

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. He was associated with champions trotters Lyell Creek and

Take A Moment Take A Moment (foaled 18 December 1995) is a Standardbred horse and one of New Zealand's greatest ever trotters. Racing from 2000 to 2005, he won 39 of his 67 starts, and his overall prize money of $NZ1,164,356 is only bettered by his stablemate ...

, who, along with many other of his best drives, were trained by his brother Tim. He has won the

Dominion Handicap The Dominion is a race held at the Addington Raceway each year in Christchurch, New Zealand for standardbred horses. The race is run in November over a distance of 3200 m on the Friday of New Zealand Cup week. It is on the same day as the ...

eight times and has been inducted into the

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. He can be considered a champion driver, and has partnered with his brother Tim for many of those wins. He and his brother Roddy were the first drivers to win the New Zealand Junior Drivers Series twice, his brother winning it consecutively.

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