After coming east from the Midwest a few weeks ago, it didn’t take Tyler Buter long to get his name in the Monticello Raceway record books
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On Wednesday, Buter hustled Benns Sure Thing up in the final strides to collar Konchie and driver Bruce Aldrich, Jr. in a 1:57.3 clocking in the weekly $7,800 Winners Over Trot. The final race time resulted in a new track record for older trotting geldings. And coincidently, the horse that held the record prior to today was none other than Konchie, who established that mark on June 3, 2010 when Aldrich won with him in 1:57.4.
For Buter, whose talents are just beginning to be known by the local training colony, his victory with Benns Sure Thing was the trotters fourth win in a row.
“I had no idea we were headed for a track record,” Buter said after the race. “He [Benns Sure Thing] has been good in every one of his four starts here and today I was even impressed by the old timer. He really seems to like this track.”
Benns Sure Thing is a nine-year-old altered son of Keystone Nordic whose lifetime best is a 1:54.4 effort taken last season over the mile track at Balmoral Park in Crete, Illinois. The trotter, who paid $6.20 for win, is trained by Amber Buter for owners Lynette Buter and James Marion of Manchester, Michigan.
(Monticello Raceway)