Welcome to Premier Stables

Our Record as A Champion Team
Tim and Anthony Butt, along with the team at Premier Stables have a record unmatched in the Southern Hemisphere when it comes to winning the big Group One Races. Over the past few season we have won the Interdominion Pacers Final, 3 Interdominion Trotters Finals, 2 NZ Cups, 2 Auckland Cups, 2 Hunter Cups, 7 Dominion Handicaps, 4 Rowe Cups and many more Group and Listed Races......read more

Tim celebrates50th and 51st Group One Victories
By: Jeff Scott 11/2/11

Premier Stables trainer Tim Butt celebrated his 50th, and 51st, Group One training wins with Stunin Cullen in the Ballarat and Hunter Cups on January 29, and February 5, 2011.

Tim enhanced his rating as one of NZ's most successful Group One trainers of all time with the back-to-back premier double.........read more on this feature article

 

TEAM TARGETS AUSSIE RACING
By: Jeff Scott

Premier Stables is set to launch again on the Australian scene.

Well-performed pacer Raglan will fly to Sydney at the end of the week and will be in the care of Darren Hancock until Anthony Butt arrives to take charge of the NSW-based Premier Stables team.

"We're taking a few to Aussie over the summer," said Anthony Butt, who will train the Menangle-based squad.

"We'll have a base over there for a few months. Tim's going to run the NZ stable, and I'll look after the ones in Aussie," Anthony said.
.......read full story as well as Addington Trials report for 26th Sept. 2011

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THE TOWER TRIALS WELL
By: Jeff Scott 5/9/11

Capable intermediate grade squaregaiter The Tower is nearing race fitness again after a 17 month break from racing.

The six-year-old half-brother to top trotter Sovereignty, and brother to good winning mare, the ill-fated La Femme D'Argent, pleased driver Anthony Butt with a bold front-running effort at the Addington trials on Monday, September 5.......read the full story

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CHRIS BUTT WINS WITH FILLY
By: Jeff Scott 31/8/11

(If) I Have A Dream, who launched the west Australian training career of Chris Butt a few months ago, won her second race at Gloucester Park, Perth, on Monday, August 29.

Chris, son of Anthony and Karen Butt, prepared her for a Group One second when the 2.5 metres.......read the full story

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Other recent News articles:

AMERICAN PACER ARRIVES

ZEN SULKY A FIRST-UP WINNER

VULCAN BACK-TO-BACK JEWELS WINNER

VULCAN READY FOR JEWELS

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Oamaru H.R.C. - Sunday 29th January 2012

Race 2 - Ace Moment - Driver: Jim Curtin
Race 3 - Enoughs Enuff - Driver: Rick May
Race 5 - Hawthornden - Driver: Colin De Filippi
Race 9 - Sastre - Driver: Jim Curtin

Ballarat, Vic - Saturday 28th January 2012

Race 4 - Vulcan

Banks Peninsula T.C. - Sunday 22nd January 2012

Race 4 - Sastre - Driver: Kelly Walker (USA) - 2nd
Race 8 - Hawthornden - Driver: Dexter Dunn - 1st

Shepparton, VIC - Saturday 21st January 2012

Race 8 - (Gr2) Choise Achiever - 3rd

Gloucester Park, WA - Friday 20th January 2012

Race 8 - Raglan - 2nd

Marlborough H.R.C. - Sunday 15th January 2012

Race 1 - Bert Powell - Driver: Jim Curtin - 2nd
Race 5 - Sastre - Driver: Mark Jones - 3rd
Race 7 - Cam Before The Storm - Driver: Mark Jones - 2nd

Marlborough H.R.C. - Friday 13th January 2012

Race 2 - Lark Rise - Driver: Jim Curtin - 1st
Race 4 - Cam Before The Storm - Driver: Mark Jones - 1st

Northern Southland T.C. - Thursday 12th January 2012

Race 8 - Mah Sish - Driver: Ricky May - 2nd

Nelson H.R.C. - Sunday 8th January 2012

Race 6 - Sastre - Driver: David Earnshaw - 3rd

Tabcorp Park Melton - Friday 6th January 2012

Race 1 - River Field - 3rd

Central Otago T.C. - Monday 2nd January 2012

Race 8 - Mah Sish - 2nd
Race 10 - Vulcan - 3rd

Ballarat, Vic - Saturday 28th January 2012

Race 4 - Vulcan

Shepparton, VIC - Saturday 21st January 2012

Race 8 - (Gr2) Choise Achiever - 2nd

Gloucester Park, WA - Friday 20th January 2012

Race 8 - Raglan - 2nd

Tabcorp Park Melton - Friday 6th January 2012

Race 1 - River Field - 3rd

Central Otago T.C. - Monday 2nd January 2012

Race 8 - Mah Sish - 2nd
Race 10 - Vulcan - 3rd

Stunnin Cullen winning the Ashburton Flying Stakes Pace 25-10-10