The Sandy Lane Gold Cup is a Barbadian Group I Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late February/early March since 1982 at the Garrison Savannah Racetrack in Bridgetown, Barbados. Contested over a turf course at a distance of 1,800 meters (8.95 furlongs), it is open to horses, age three or older.
| Group I race | |
| Location | Garrison Savannah Racetrack Bridgetown, Barbados |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1982 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | barbadosturfclub.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres (8.95 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | Bds$200,000 |
The most important event on the Barbados horse racing calendar, it was inaugurated in 1982 with the intention of attracting the top horses from Caribbean countries. Since 1997 the race has been sponsored by the Sandy Lane Hotel.
In 1999, nineteen-year-old Attie S. Joseph III became the youngest owner to win the Gold Cup.
In 2007, Elizabeth Deane became the first female trainer to saddle a winner of the Barbados Gold Cup.
The race was not run in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but returned in March 2023.[1][2] The 2023 edition was won by It's a Gamble, a son of English Channel, and jockey Jalon Samuel, who furthered his record wins to six. [3] Antonio Bishop guided Portfolio Company to his second Gold Cup victory in the 2024 edition of the race.
Records
editSpeed record:
- 1:48.40 - Sterwins (2010)
Most wins:
- 3 - Sandford Prince (1989, 1991, 1992)
- 3 - Blast of Storm (2000, 2001, 2002)
- 2 - Dorsett (2016, 2017)
Most wins by an owner:
- 8 - Sir David Seale (1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2012, 2013, 2020)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 - Jalon Samuel (2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023)
- 4 - Venice Richards (1986, 1989, 1991, 1992)
- 4 - Jono Jones (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
- 4 - Patrick Husbands (1990, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 7 - William C. Marshall (1984, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Winners of the Barbados Gold Cup
edit| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Portfolio Company | 5 | Antonio Bishop | Chad Brown | Gay Smith | 1:49.60 |
| 2023 | It's a Gamble | 5 | Jalon Samuel | Romell Lovell | Mark Goodridge | 1:50.20 |
| 2022 | RACE NOT RUN | |||||
| 2021 | RACE NOT RUN | |||||
| 2020 | Night Prowler | 8 | Jalon Samuel | Elizabeth Deane | Sir David Seale | |
| 2019 | Celestial Storm | 4 | Rasheed Hughes | Roger Parravicino | C.N Parravicino | |
| 2018 | Sir Dudley Digges | 6 | Jalon Samuel | Michael J. Maker | Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey | |
| 2017 | Dorsett | 7 | Jalon Samuel | Robert Pierce | Steve and Allan Madoo | 1:54.30 |
| 2016 | Dorsett | 6 | Jalon Samuel | Robert Pierce | Steve and Allan Madoo | 1:49.20 |
| 2015 | Sayler's Creek | 5 | Rico Walcott | Michael J. Maker | Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey | 1:53.40 |
| 2014 | Major Marvel | 8 | Patrick Husbands BSS | Michael J. Maker | Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey | 1:49.20 |
| 2013 | Aristodemus | 4 | A. Trotman | E. Deane SCM | Sir David Seale | 1:50.20 |
| 2012 | Dancin David | 5 | Jalon Samuel | E. Deane SCM | Sir David Seale | 2:02.60 |
| 2011 | Zoom | 6 | Antonio Bishop | Edward Walcott Jr | Gay Smith | 1:49.40 |
| 2010 | Sterwins | 7 | Patrick Husbands BSS | Mark E. Casse | Eugene Melnyk | 1:48.40 |
| 2009 | Daylight Express | 4 | Anderson Ward | Robert Peirce | Michael Taylor | 1:51.40 |
| 2008 | Pure Temptation | 4 | Anderson Ward | William Clarke | Michael Taylor | 1:50.40 |
| 2007 | Whiskey For Me | 5 | Rickey Walcott | Elizabeth Deane | Aysha Syndicate | 1:50.20 |
| 2006 | Sharp Impact | 6 | Patrick Husbands | Robert Peirce | Gay Smith | 1:50.60 |
| 2005 | Feet On Flames | 6 | Anderson Trotman | Clayton Greenidge | Luther G. Miller III | 1:50.20 |
| 2004 | Kathir | 7 | Slade Callaghan | Nazih Issa | E.& L. Melnyk | 1:53.73 |
| 2003 | Thady Quill | 6 | Jono Jones | William C. Marshall | Gay Smith | 1:48.60 |
| 2002 | Blast of Storm | 5 | Jono Jones | William C. Marshall | Sally Arbib | 1:48.60 |
| 2001 | Blast of Storm | 5 | Jono Jones | William C. Marshall | Sally Arbib | 1:48.60 |
| 2000 | Blast of Storm | 4 | Jono Jones | William C. Marshall | Sally Arbib | 1:49.20 |
| 1999 | Peace Envoy | 7 | Anderson Ward | R. Deane | Attie S. Joseph III | 1:49.20 |
| 1998 | Federico | 5 | Simon Husbands | Challenor Jones | Richard Edwards | 1:51.60 |
| 1997 | Incitatus | 4 | Dale Whittaker | Challenor Jones | Blair Down | 1:49.80 |
| 1996 | Rambrino | 4 | Chris Griffith | Sean Hall | Robert Sangster | 1:50.00 |
| 1995 | Asian Jane | 4 | Richard Quinn | William C. Marshall | Paul H. Locke | 1:50.60 |
| 1994 | Alto Jane | 5 | Richard Quinn | William C. Marshall | Paul H. Locke | 1:49.60 |
| 1993 | Chou Chou Royale | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Scobie Breasley | Sir David Seale | 1:52.60 |
| 1992 | Sandford Prince | 7 | Venice Richards | Scobie Breasley | Sir David Seale | 1:49.20 |
| 1991 | Sandford Prince | 6 | Venice Richards | Scobie Breasley | Sir David Seale | 1:50.20 |
| 1990 | Vardar | 3 | Patrick Husbands | Challenor Jones | Sylvie Beuzelin | 1:50.40 |
| 1989 | Sandford Prince | 4 | Venice Richards | Scobie Breasley | Sir David Seale | 1:51.00 |
| 1988 | Call To Account | nf | Emile Ramsammy | V. Roberts | Roland I. Khan | 1:49.80 |
| 1987 | Stangrave Park | 4 | Emile Ramsammy | G. Edghill | W. Greenidge | 1:50.80 |
| 1986 | Bentom | 4 | Venice Richards | Ronald G. Burke | Sir David Seale | 1:50.80 |
| 1985 | Frisky Wharf | 4 | Emile Ramsammy | Joseph Hadeed | George Bros. Stables | 1:50.60 |
| 1984 | Tinkers Image | 4 | Ricky Griffith | William C. Marshall | Mrs. Gill Wilson | 1:50.80 |
| 1983 | Iron Lover | 4 | Bryn Crossley | Guy Cottrell | Laurent Cottrell | 1:54.00 |
| 1982 | Bold Lewis | 6 | Declan Gillespie | Cyril Arneaud | J. E. Camacho | 1:52.80 |
References
edit- ^ "Gold Cup put back indefinitely". www.nationnews.com. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Today, Barbados (18 February 2023). "Bigger and Better Gold Cup". Barbados Today. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Jalon Samuel wins sixth Gold Cup on It's A Gamble". www.nationnews.com. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.