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About Guy Butchers

Racing Heritage

Son of Bob Butchers (former jockey and the original 'Newsboy', racing correspondent for the Daily Mirror for nearly 40 years) and nephew of Don Butchers (who trained Saffron Tartan to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and King George VI Chase). Over 220 years of family involvement in British horse racing.

Journalism & Career

A decade as a national newspaper journalist, followed by ten years with the International Racing Bureau — part of the team behind the creation of the Breeders' Cup and Arlington Million, and the revitalisation of the three-day Aintree Festival featuring the Grand National.

Rock 'n' Roll & Logistics

Managed, promoted, and accompanied the legendary Dutch prog-rock band Focus throughout their UK tour. Also worked on international horse-transport planes on multi-leg circuits — Gatwick, Gothenburg, Miami, Trinidad — looking after elite thoroughbreds in cargo holds.

About Author

Guy Butchers Author & Racing Insider

Born in Epsom, home of the Derby, Guy grew up inside the daily, lived reality of British horse racing — a world his family has been actively involved in as jockeys, trainers, and horsemen for more than 220 years.

Today, he lives just 25 minutes from Newmarket, known simply as 'Headquarters' to everyone in the world of horseracing.

Guy learned to ride on a retired hurdler at Jack Holt's Hampshire yard and spent school holidays pitchforking hay bales for a forage merchant. He worked at the famous Manton Stables under George Todd, and at Aston Park Stud with star stallions Dominion, High Top, and Saritamer.

He spent ten years with the International Racing Bureau, being part of the team involved in the creation and evolution of the Breeders' Cup and Arlington Million, as well as the revitalisation of the three-day Aintree Festival of Racing, featuring the Grand National.

He later created and ran UTD Racing for more than two decades, providing data to major global owners, breeders, and trainers.

Before turning his hand to fiction, Guy experienced the intense, fast-moving worlds of international transport and live music — from working on horse-transport planes on multi-leg circuits to managing the legendary Dutch prog-rock band Focus on their UK tour.

Building on ten years as a national newspaper journalist, Guy brings deep media discipline, sharp observation, and atmospheric authenticity to his narrative craft.

His debut thriller, Stress Point, fuses more than two centuries of family turf lore, criminal history, high-stakes pressure, and metallurgy into a gripping series. He lives and writes in Suffolk, where he also runs his publishing imprint, UTD Books.

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Others books by the author

Stress Point (Paperback)

£9.99

Stress Point (Hardback)

Price TBC

Yield Point

Coming 2027

Break Point

Coming 2028

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