Trainer Robert “Butch” Reid Jr. earned his 1,000th career win at Parx Racing today when Jeanne Marie captured the featured ninth race.
Roanan Goddess, a two-time stakes winner on dirt, returns to that surface in Sunday’s Weather Vane at Laurel Park.
The Colonial Downs dirt course was lightning fast Sunday, which played to the strengths of a pair of stakes winners in Arlington Million undercard races.
Trainer Butch Reid grew up going to Delaware Park, and he’s hoping to see his hard knocking mare Morning Matcha win that track’s biggest race.
Trainer Butch Reid has runners in five Pimlico stakes this weekend, and the U-Maryland grad says it’s special to have his first Preakness starter.
Grade 3 Withers winner posted a sharp half-mile workout at his Parx Racing base Saturday in his final move in preparation for the May 18 Preakness.
Grade 3 Withers Stakes winner Uncle Heavy will run in the May 18 Preakness, trainer Butch Reid told Pimlico officials.
Six of the nine runners in Saturday’s Grade 3 Barbara Fritchie Stakes are based in Maryland or Pennsylvania, as locals take a swing at a big prize.
Trainer Butch Reid had a career year in 2023. With a horse on the Triple Crown trail and another nearing $1 million in earnings, 2023 could be better still.
The Triple Crown nominations released earlier this week include a half-dozen horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic and a larger number based here.
