Other Butler Handicap winning horses who went on to have Hall of Fame careers were Assault, Seabiscuit, and Stymie.
[3][4][5] In 1942, Tola Rose pulled off a major upset in front of more than 34,000 racing fans when he beat 1941 U.S.
[6] The win by Tola Rose set a new Empire City track record in what would prove to be the last time the race would be run at that facility.
[8] Lucky Draw's win in the 1946 edition of the Butler Handicap marked the first of six track records he would set that year.
[9][10] The final running of the Butler Handicap took place on November 14, 1953 and was won by Quiet Step, a horse ridden by future Hall of Fame inductee Ted Atkinson for owner Bernard Heiman's Apheim Stable and trainer Kay Jensen.