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David, who also trained99winners between 1981 and 2001, before he and Catherine officiallybecametraining partners, has also retired fromrace driving. He drove 1141winners, beginningwith RogeratForburyPark in 1983and made the decision to retireatWestportlast December endinghis careeronawinning note behindMasterly atalented trotting colt he and Catherine bred, and stillpartown as partners in their successful Birchbrook Breeding business. Davidsays he is retiring from driving mainly due to health issues. He was diagnosed with vertigo about sixyears ago, whichcan cause dizziness,loss of balance, nausea and vomiting. ‘‘There is alot of dizziness. It is always thereand cannot be fixed,’’ he says. The hardworkingcouple wereNew Zealand’s top harness racing trainers in 2004,2006and 2007. They say winning threepremierships and training 740 winners was very satisfying. ‘‘We havetothank allour staff over the years, and the ownerswho entrusted their horses withus, for achievingthat.’’ Catherine made history becoming the firstwomantowin thetrainers premiership in 2004, whichisnot something she had ever dreamtof achieving. ‘‘Even thoughIhad worked the horses with my father since Iwas 13, and then laterwhen ImarriedDavid, Ihad really just hoped to be able to breed ahorse or New direction ... Threetime harness racing training premiership winners, Catherine and David Butt, of Woodend Beach, who have retired from training this year, with their son Bob, atalented young trainerdriver who is currently fourth on the trainer's premiership. PHOTO: TARRYN JONES two myselfand potter around with them,’’ she said. ‘‘I was very lucky to have apartner who is suchagreat horseman, and this helped us win so many races.’’ The couple made an inspired choice22 years ago to buy arundown, 12 hectare property, at Woodend Beachwith direct accesstothe beach. Theyhave developed it into apurposebuilt equestrian centreand highly successfulharness racingtraining establishment, where they lease facilities to New Zealand’s leading harness racing trainers Robert and Jenna Dunn,aswell as Regan Todd, Matt Purvis, Craig and Aimee Edmonds, LeonneJones, Cam Jones and CraigSmith. The Butt’s son Bob also trains his team from theirproperty. The couple wanted to buy abeach property because Catherinegrew up working horseswith her father at Spencer Park Beach in Christchurch and knew they often thrivedinthat training environment. ‘‘David had neverworkedhorsesonthe beach,but once he gave it agohewas hookedand decidedthat was where he wantedtobuy aproperty,’’ Catherinesaid. ‘‘We scoured the beaches and therewas reallyonly one property that could have accessdirectly without having to go down the road.’’ The propertywas awork in progress for manyyears,but when aneighbouring property came up the couple alsobought thattobuild abigger track, followed by anotherabout nine years ago. ‘‘That is wherewedeveloped BirchbrookEquestrian afterhaving alot of inquiries from horse ridersover the years aboutgrazing. ‘‘Wehave agistment along withtwo arenas and asand trackplus accesstothe beach. We also haveour mares and young stock on that partofthe property.’’ Whenthe couple moved to their Woodend Beachpropertythey only had two horsesinwork,sothey bothhad outsidejobs to supplementtheir training income. ‘‘Eventuallywegot enoughhorsesin workfor bothofustogive up the outside jobs, and graduallywegot busier, so we built acoupleofthe extra stable blocksfor ourselves withthe idea that theycould be rented out if we didn'thave enough horses.’’ Thatprovedtobeanother inspired move. ‘‘We have had lots of lovely horses overthe years but Dartaway holds sentimental value as he wasone of the first two horseswehad here,’’ Catherinesays. ‘‘Hewon <strong>10</strong> racesand afew country cups, so he gaveusthe start we needed to get new owners and horses into the stable. ‘‘Other favouritesincludeBondy (23 wins) and Habibti (16wins),who took us on manywonderful trips away,and It's Ella (16 wins) our first GroupOne winner.’’ The couple are lookingforward to a quieter lifewithout the pressures of race days, but willstill be busy with the farm to run,aselect group of broodmares to breed fromand youngstock to educate.They also intend to continue helping their son Bob, who had his bestseason ever lastyear training 39 winners. 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