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It was a sight to behold as history was made today when the 2023 Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup ran under lights for the first time at the historic Garrison Savannah. Since 2019, there had been no running of the prestigious Gold Cup because of the Coronavirus pandemic and therefore the premier horse racing event in Barbados returned with much fanfare
The 40th running of the Caribbean’s premier horse race, the Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup, is the main attraction of a mouth-watering action-packed ten-race programme on Saturday at the Garrison Savannah. This card on the Barbados Turf Club’s fifth day of the first season, which runs off at 1 p.m. has attracted 105 horses and will have two supporting features. So Suave, winner of the Coolmore “Home of Champions” Stakes, …
So Suave issued a serious warning to all comers to the Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup in March, with a compact two-and-a-half length debut win yesterday at the Garrison Savannah. The six-year-old bay horse, who is owned by Nalicia Cozier, won the feature Coolmore “Home of Champions” Stakes & Trophy over 1 800 metres before a packed crowd. The Jean-Marc Cozier trainee, who arrived on the island from Woodbine last …
Trainer Andrew “Busha” Nunes was the headline guest on the perfectly executed South Coast Hotels and Resorts Of Barbados Raceday held yesterday at the historic Garrison Savannah. Before a sizeable crowd that included three-time British champion jockey in 27-year-old Oisin Murphy, the 2021 champion trainer won a treble with Tommasi, Criterion and Bonita Bay. Meanwhile, apprentice Aaron Daniel continued to impress, achieving a brace inclusive of another feature race success …
The 2022 year-ending script could not have been written any better for top Barbadian trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. His charge Skippylongstocking not only won the final Stakes race for 2022 but also secured a berth in the US $3 million dollar Pegasus World Cup Invitational in Hallandale Beach, Florida on January 28. Joseph, 35, of Thorpes Garden, Holders Hill, St James enjoyed a phenomenal past year, sweeping all three trainer’s …