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.

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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.

For accidental jockey JD Acosta, another goal in sight

PODCAST: A Maryland racing family affair

Laurel Park picks and ponderings: November 13, 2026

Triple Crown? What Triple Crown?

LRL: Full field slated for Thirty Eight Go Go

Zip Start lukewarm fave in contentious My Sister Pearl

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

For accidental jockey JD Acosta, another.

PODCAST: A Maryland racing family affair

Triple Crown? What Triple Crown?

LRL: Full field slated for Thirty.

Zip Start lukewarm fave in contentious.

PODCAST: 3,800 wins and still going.