Sweet Soddy J Archives • The Racing Biz

Carmelina takes Gin Talking, caps big season for Reid

Frank Vespe / 3 years

5 min read

Trainer Butch Reid’s barn won almost 20 stakes this year, capped by Carmelina’s decisive win in Saturday’s Gin Talking Stakes at Laurel Park.

Brittany Russell
Cap Classique
Catahoula Moon
Gin Talking S.
Great Opportunity
Heft S.
Laurel Park
Maryland horse racing
Norman Cash
Sweet Soddy J

Two-year-olds set for final Laurel Park stakes of 2023

Press Release / 3 years
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5 min read

Two-year-olds will take center stage for the final Laurel Park stakes of 2023, as Saturday’s Gin Talking and Heft close the stakes calendar.

Sweet Soddy J slips through to Timonium Juvenile win

Ted Black / 3 years

4 min read

Sweet Soddy J slipped through to upset the Timonium Juvenile Stakes and become the first homebred stakes winner for Lynn Cash’s Built Wright operation.

Laurel Dash, Sensible Lady draw contentious fields

Delaware Park picks and analysis: September 11, 2026

DEL: Capuano looking for fourth First State Dash

Live racing returns to Laurel Park Friday

Laurel Park picks and ponderings: September 11, 2026

PODCAST: From walking hots to first stakes win

Carmelina takes Gin Talking, caps big season for Reid

Two-year-olds set for final Laurel Park stakes of 2023

Sweet Soddy J slips through to Timonium Juvenile win

Laurel Dash, Sensible Lady draw contentious.

DEL: Capuano looking for fourth First.

PODCAST: From walking hots to first.

That’s a wrap: Timonium concludes 2026.

At Sacco barn, keeping it all.

Lennox the Grey has just enough.