Francis “Butch” Martel, a hot walker, died Jan 30 of kidney failure in Hobe Sound, Fla.
Martel served as a hot walker at the New York tracks, working for such trainers as T.J. Kelly and Dick Lundy. In Florida, he worked with horses at Payson Park.
Francis “Butch” Martel, a hot walker, died Jan 30 of kidney failure in Hobe Sound, Fla.
Martel served as a hot walker at the New York tracks, working for such trainers as T.J. Kelly and Dick Lundy. In Florida, he worked with horses at Payson Park.