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.

Mid-Atlantic three stars: November 9, 2026

Owner-breeder Tracy Johnson Mulroy passes

CT: Jack Carson turns tables in WV Juvenile

Laurel Park picks and ponderings: November 8, 2026

Charles Town picks and analysis: November 7, 2026

Laurel Park picks and ponderings: November 7, 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

Owner-breeder Tracy Johnson Mulroy passes

CT: Jack Carson turns tables in.

Taj Mahal eyes return to action

Laurel Park to retain racing role.

CT: Crystal Veil makes it a.

Stadium Authority-TMJC ink operations agreement