Some racehorses peak at an early age, flashing brilliance right from the start. Others require more time to reach their best form, maturing slowly over the course of several years.
Once upon a time, in the year 2021, an unheralded Japanese-bred mare named Marche Lorraine arrived at Del Mar to compete in the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
A job for three summers at the Virginia Racing Commission while Courtney Reid was still a student at James Madison University introduced her to the world of horse racing, something she knew little about other than watching the Kentucky Derby on TV. But Reid, who graduated from college in 2012 with a degree in science and psychology and later received a masters in public health from Liberty University, was so drawn in by horse racing she pursued it as her career of choice.
