One of racing’s luckiest owners wasn’t feeling all that lucky for much of last Friday before The Race By Grins gave him a shot at one of the more remarkable doubles in New Zealand racing history.
Australian-based owner Merv Butterworth is a regular investor in New Zealand Bloodstock, predominantly in harness racing, having owned 2015 New Zealand Trotting Cup winner Arden Rooney before spreading into thoroughbred ownership around the same time.
As hard as winning one NZ Cup is to beat, Butterworth has found a way this season by not only owning a now two-time New Zealand Trotting Cup winner in Copy That but sharing in the ownership of New Zealand thoroughbred Derby winner Sharp N Smart.
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