A 'Fine Tuned' Model Of Consistency May 23, 2017 "She did everything you would have hoped for. If she would have earned half the money we would have been tickled to death. As it was, she got lucky in a few races where some favorites or co-favourites...
Trainer’s High Hopes For Devil Child March 16, 2017 When Devil Child makes her 2017 debut Friday night at Yonkers Raceway, she will also make her first start for trainer John Butenschoen, who was tasked by owners Crawford Farms Racing and Susan Oakes o...
A Filly Better Than Just 'Fine' February 03, 2017 “Everyone that got behind her at first thought she was a good horse, but just good. It was when Corey Callahan drove her for the first time in her first baby race he told us she might be better than j...
Butenschoen Triples In Sire Stakes August 21, 2016 Trainer John Butenschoen took the first three of five divisions of the third preliminary leg of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for two-year-old trotting colts on a “sloppy” track Sunday at Mohegan Sun P...
Stakes Wins For A Special Anniversary August 10, 2016 With their schedule so busy, trainer John Butenschoen and his wife, Jackie, weren’t planning anything special for Wednesday (August 10), their 30th wedding anniversary. But they got something special ...
'Ideal' Time For Luck To Change July 06, 2016 “It’s very rare that these horses can go out there and be good from beginning to end. They’re going to trade blows as they go along. Hopefully he's right at the right time if we do draw inside.”
Hoping To Hit A Home Run May 11, 2016 For the second consecutive year, trainer John Butenschoen is bringing a son of stallion Yankee Glide and the mare Celebrity Liza on to the Hambletonian trail, but there is little family resemblance be...
Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book: #10 April 02, 2016 The countdown to the 2016 Pepsi North America Cup is on, with Trot Magazine profiling the horses predicted to be the top contenders for Canadian harness racing's richest prize.
Ideal Rocky Seeks Metro Knockout August 27, 2015 “It will be interesting to see which ones are going to step up. Time will tell. We’ll know in another week for sure. Hopefully when they push them a little harder he will have enough fight left in him...
Trainer Hopes For Rebound Effort November 14, 2014 "We’re just going to throw out that race. It was a bad night weather-wise. I’m not so sure he didn’t displace and get his air shut off. Anything that was first up didn’t seem to play well on that trac...
Trainer Finds 'Happiness' November 12, 2014 “We’re kind of seeing what we got. I think she can step up and go with these horses. I don’t know if she can compete with the likes of JK Shesalady, but that’s why we put her in, to find that out.”
The CTC 'Dark Horse'? September 14, 2013 "We didn’t feel the pressure or be under the gun to figure this horse out, which was a blessing because he always knew this horse had what it takes.”