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.

LRL: Howgreatisnate rides the rail to feature upset

Md. Million: Make it 11 for Kerness K

Fasig-Tipton yearling format focuses on Mid-Atlantic

Classic double for Barbadian Runner

King’s River posts Md. Million Turf shocker

Laurel Park picks and ponderings: October 25, 2026

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

LRL: Howgreatisnate rides the rail to.

Md. Million: Make it 11 for.

Fasig-Tipton yearling format focuses on Mid-Atlantic

Classic double for Barbadian Runner

King’s River posts Md. Million Turf.

Takethemoneyhoney romps in Md. Million Distaff