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Pay the Butler
A bay coloured horse, facing left, with a red victory sash over his neck, standing on a yellow-green grass racetrack. On the horse's back, his jockey, wearing white shorts, black boots, and a red shirt with blue sleeves and a blue circle in the middle of his front, waves his pink cap at the camera.
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
FoaledFebruary 20, 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 (February 20, 1984 – July 1, 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

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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] During his initial training at Clovelly Farm, Pay the Butler was regarded as difficult to train, with the farm's manager Lars la Cour later recalling that he was "a big, lazy horse."[7]

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][9]

Racing career

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

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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.[10][11]

1988: four-year-old season

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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. Pay the Butler proved highly quarrelsome upon his arrival in the United States, his temperament such that it required five men to saddle him for his American debut in the Red Smith Handicap on May 28, a Grade II race ran over ten furlongs at Belmont Park.[7] Nevertheless, it was here that Pay the Butler won his first graded race, winning by a neck over Equalize after a strong charge in the final stretch of the race; 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][13] 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.[10]

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. He was a last minute entrant, only receiving an invite the day before he would have to travel over.[14][15] 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.[16] Pay the Butler was ridden by Chris McCarron, who had not been to Japan before. He prepared extensively for the race, watching through every available tape of previous the races held at the Tokyo Racecourse "16 times each". Among them was the year's autumn Tennō Shō, after which McCarron allegedly remarked that "the enemy is the two gray Japanese horses, Oguri Cap and Tamamo Cross".[17][18] Pay the Butler stayed in the middle pack for most of the race, before making a surge at the third corner. In the homestretch McCarron made the unusual decision to urge Pay the Butler towards the inner rail rather than continue running straight, not wishing to run alongside Tamamo Cross and trigger the horse's competitive nature.[17] The plan worked; Pay the Butler won by half a length from Tamamo Cross with Oguri Cap taking third, earning $1,033,000 (equivalent to $2,810,000 in 2025) in a result widely seen as a major upset.[19][20] Frankel later described Pay the Butler's victory as his greatest thrill in his career.[21]

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

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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.[22] 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.[10] 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.[23] Despite not winning any of his races in the year, Pay the Butler's annual purse winnings for the year was nearly $509,000.[24]

1990: six-year-old season

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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.[10]

Stud record and death

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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 July 1, 1991, he 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.[25][26]

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.[27][28]

Legacy

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Following his victory with Pay the Butler in Japan, Chris McCarron was invited to attend an event hosted by one of the JRA's training schools. Struck by learning that the school's racing program allowed students to work directly with Thoroughbred horses, he realized there was not an equivalent of this in the United States. This realization stayed with him until his retirement from active jockeying in 2004, leading to his eventual founding of the North American Racing Academy, the only college program in the United Status for jockeys, in 2006.[29][30]

Pay the Butler's race and subsequent victory at the Japan Cup is depicted in the manga and anime Umamusume: Cinderella Gray, a series that chronicles the racing career of Oguri Cap through anthropomorphized versions of the racehorses he raced against in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[31] 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.[32] The series directly replicates several of the Cup's events through this character, such as McCarron's studying of previous tapes of Tokyo Racecourse and Pay the Butler's last-minute dart away from Tamamo Cross in the race's homestretch.[33]

On November 19, 2011, the Aqueduct Race Track in Queens, New York City, ran the Pay the Butler Stakes, a 1+1⁄16 mile race for 3 year olds and up 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.[34][35]

Race record

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Pay the Butler's race record
Date Race Grade Distance* Track Field Finish Margin Jockey Ref
Aug 20, 1986 Prix de Crevecoeur Maiden 1,600m Deauville 6 4 5+1⁄2 lengths Gary-Williams Moore [3][36]
Oct 10, 1986 Prix Herbager Listed Stakes 1,700m Maisons-Laffitte 7 3 Head Eric Saint-Martin [3][37]
Oct 19, 1986 Prix du Louvre 1,600m Longchamp 8 3 3⁄4 lengths Eric Saint-Martin [3][38]
Nov 7, 1986 Prix Mieuxce 1,600m Saint-Cloud 18 4 5 lengths Guy Guignard [3][39]
Nov 29, 1986 Prix Victrix 1,600m Saint-Cloud 15 4 3 lengths Guy Guignard [3][40]
Mar 27, 1987 Prix Clamart 1,600m Maisons-Laffitte 11 6 11 lengths Gary-Williams Moore [3][41]
Apr 21, 1987 Prix Flying Fox 1,600m Maisons-Laffitte 16 8 Distance Guy Guignard [3][42]
May 13, 1987 Prix de Nanterre 2,000m Longchamp 11 10 Distance Alfred Gibert [3][43]
May 28, 1987 Grand Prix de Strasbourg Listed Stakes 2,100m Strasbourg 11 1 (4 lengths) Laurent Chaille [3][44]
Jun 20, 1987 Prix Souverain Listed Stakes 2,000m Saint-Cloud 7 7 Distance Laurent Chaille [3][45]
Jul 19, 1987 Hessen-Pokal II 2,000m Frankfurt 13 9 Unrecorded Laurent Chaille [3][46]
Aug 2, 1987 Prix de la Ville de Trouville-sur-Mer Listed Stakes 2,000m Deauville 8 8 Distance Gary-Williams Moore [3][47]
Aug 23, 1987 Prix de Triquerville 2,300m Saint-Malo 7 4 1 length Laurent Chaille [3][48]
Oct 2, 1987 Prix Niceas Listed Stakes 1,800m Maisons-Laffitte 10 5 4+3⁄4 lengths Antony-Steven Cruz [3][49]
Mar 12, 1988 Prix R.T.L (Becheville Prize) Handicap 2,100m Saint-Cloud 21 4 1+1⁄2 lengths Dominique Boeuf [3][50]
Apr 4, 1988 Prix de Plaisance Handicap 2,400m Longchamp 20 1 (2 lengths) Dominique Boeuf [3][51]
Apr 17, 1988 Prix d'Hedouville III 2,400m Longchamp 10 5 3.5 lengths Dominique Boeuf [3][52]
May 28, 1988 Red Smith Handicap II 1+1⁄4 mi Belmont Park 14 1 (Neck) Robbie Davis [12]
Jun 18, 1988 Bowling Green Handicap I 1+3⁄8 mi Belmont Park 13 2 Neck Robbie Davis [53][54][55][56]
Sep 5, 1988 Del Mar Handicap II 6 furlongs Del Mar 11 6 5 lengths Russell Baze [57][58][59]
Sep 24, 1988 Man O' War Stakes I 1+3⁄8 mi Belmont Park 9 2 1⁄2 length Robbie Davis [60][61]
Oct 9, 1988 Turf Classic I 1+1⁄2 mi Belmont Park 9 5 7 lengths Robbie Davis [59][62][63]
Oct 16, 1988 Rothmans International Stakes I 1+1⁄2 mi Woodbine 15 9 9+1⁄4 lengths Larry Attard [59][64][65]
Nov 27, 1988 Japan Cup I 2,400m Tokyo 14 1 (1⁄2 length) Chris McCarron [66]
Dec 24, 1988 Hollywood Turf Cup Handicap I 1+1⁄2 mi Hollywood Park 10 6 15 lengths Chris McCarron [59][67]
Mar 7, 1989 Pan American Handicap I 1+1⁄2 mi Gulfstream Park 8 2 11 lengths Chris McCarron [68]
Mar 25, 1989 San Luis Rey Stakes I 1+1⁄2 mi Santa Anita 5 4 26+1⁄2 lengths Chris McCarron [59][69][70]
May 14, 1989 John Henry Handicap I 1+1⁄8 mi Hollywood Park 8 3 1+1⁄4 lengths Chris McCarron [71]
May 29, 1989 Hollywood Turf Handicap I 1+1⁄4 mi Hollywood Park 9 5 1+3⁄4 lengths Chris McCarron [59][72][73]
Jun 18, 1989 Bowling Green Handicap I 1+3⁄8 mi Belmont Park 10 3 1+3⁄4 lengths Robbie Davis [59][74][75]
Sep 3, 1989 Arlington Million I 1+1⁄4 mi Arlington 13 12 22+1⁄2 lengths Robbie Davis [59][76]
Sep 23, 1989 Louisiana Downs Handicap, First Division II 1+3⁄8 mi Louisiana Downs 9 2 3+1⁄2 lengths Robbie Davis [74][77]
Oct 14, 1989 Oak Tree Invitational Handicap I 1+1⁄2 mi Santa Anita 9 2 4 lengths Gary Stevens [78][79]
Nov 26, 1989 Japan Cup I 2,400m Tokyo 15 3 3 lengths Chris McCarron [80]
May 3, 1990 Allowance race 1+1⁄8 mi Hollywood Park 5 1 (1⁄2 length) Robbie Davis [81][82]
May 28, 1990 Hollywood Turf Handicap I 1+1⁄4 mi Hollywood Park 6 6 12 lengths Eddie Delahoussaye [59][83]
Jun 16, 1990 Golden Gate Handicap II 1+1⁄4 mi Golden Gate 11 10 10+1⁄4 lengths Eddie Delahoussaye [59][84][85]
Oct 6, 1990 Oak Tree Invitational Handicap I 1+1⁄2 mi Santa Anita 11 8 7 lengths Robbie Davis [59][86][87]
Oct 17, 1990 Henry P. Russell Handicap 1+1⁄4 mi Santa Anita 8 5 5 lengths Robbie Davis [59][88][89]
Nov 12, 1990 Allowance race 1+1⁄8 mi Hollywood Park 8 4 3 lengths Robbie Davis [59][90]
* Conversion of race distances
Meters Miles Furlongs
1,207 0.75 6
1,600 0.99 7.95
1,700 1.06 8.45
1,800 1.12 8.95
1,811 1+1⁄8 9
2,000 1.24 9.94
2,011 1+1⁄4 10
2,100 1.3 10.44
2,213 1+3⁄8 11
2,300 1.43 11.43
2,400 1.49 11.93
2,414 1+1⁄2 12

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Pay the Butler, bay stallion, family: 9-e[5][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

Notes

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  1. ^ The Australian Pay the Butler, born in 1979, ultimately never raced.[8]

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