Now the beginners intend to take rich Strike to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes on may 21 to race within the 2nd jewel of the Triple Crown. They, together with the horse's owner, Rick Dawson, have a chance to reboot a game battered with the aid of a disqualified Derby winner in 2021 and with the aid of suspended trainers, doping convictions and lifeless horses.
"We sure need it," observed Reed, 57, relating to the increase prosperous Strike has given racing. "And right here we are, some little guys who can help the activity. We confirmed that we could make these things happen with some luck, complicated work and doing issues the correct method."
Reed has had to stand tall before. He discovered his craft from his father, Herbert, a former coach, who stayed through his son's facet for the whole Derby experience.
"He's been going to the music with me when you consider that he become 6 years historical, and that's no bull," Herbert Reed stated. "He would go daily. And when he was 8, he could put a spider bandage on a horse, and most individuals don't even recognize what it's anymore."
When Eric Reed told his father he wanted to skip college to instruct horses, Herbert Reed was happy that he had discovered something he adored to do.
"My dad gave me two horses and stated, 'You wish to be a coach?'" Eric Reed recalled. "'right here's two horses. You're a trainer.'"
greater than 9,000 races and 1,445 victories later, usually racked up on the backwater tracks of Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky, Reed's horses have earned greater than $24 million in purses. The $1.8 million first-place examine for profitable the Derby was a windfall, however not enough to supply Reed a life of ease . This week, he'll saddle horses at Horseshoe Indianapolis, Mountaineer in West Virginia and Belterra.
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