“He had to have surgery twice after he fractured a pedal bone in the off-hind cannon bone.
“Because he wouldn’t travel Tom and I decided to send him to Gary (Doughty) when he came back into work as Gary trains on the track at the Gold Coast and the horse loves the Polytrack.”
Despite their training split, Button and Tyrell remain friends and Button, who now trains in Bowen, has shares in three other Tyrell-trained horses.
Button was a former star Central Queensland jockey and five-time winner of the Rockhampton trainers’ premiership before beginning his training venture with Tyrell at Fenwick Farm at Canungra in the Gold Coast in October, 2022.
However, the pair split amicably last year when Button relocated to Bowen in North Queensland after taking a team north for the winter carnival.