Barbados Gold Cup
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{{Infobox horseraces
| surface = Turf
| class = Group I
| horse race = Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup
| image =
| caption =
| location = Garrison Savannah Racetrack
Bridgetown, Barbados
| inaugurated = 1982
| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
| website = [http://www.barbadosturfclub.com/default.aspx barbadosturfclub.com]
| distance = 1800 metres (8.95 furlongs)
| track = Right-handed
| qualification = Three-year-olds & up
| weight = Assigned
| purse = Bds$200,000
| bonuses =
}}
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.
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.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-07 |title=Gold Cup put back indefinitely |url=https://www.nationnews.com/2021/03/07/gold-cup-put-back-indefinitely/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www.nationnews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Barbados |date=2023-02-18 |title=Bigger and Better Gold Cup |url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2023/02/18/bigger-and-better-gold-cup/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Barbados Today |language=en-US}} 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. {{Cite web |date=2023-03-05 |title=Jalon Samuel wins sixth Gold Cup on It’s A Gamble |url=https://www.nationnews.com/2023/03/04/jalon-samuel-wins-sixth-gold-cup-gamble/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www.nationnews.com |language=en-US}} Antonio Bishop guided Portfolio Company to his second Gold Cup victory in the 2024 edition of the race.
Records
Speed 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
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" |
| style="Sayler's Creek" | Year ! style="width:140px" | Winner ! Age ! style="Rico Walcott" | Jockey ! style="width:145px" | Trainer ! style="width:180px" | 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 | |
| 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 |1:53.40 |
| 2014
|Major Marvel |8 |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 |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 |Aysha Syndicate |1:50.20 |
| 2006
|Sharp Impact |6 |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 |Nazih Issa |1:53.73 |
| 2003
|Thady Quill |6 |Gay Smith |1:48.60 |
| 2002
|5 |Sally Arbib |1:48.60 |
| 2001
|5 |Sally Arbib |1:48.60 |
| 2000
|4 |Sally Arbib |1:49.20 |
| 1999
|Peace Envoy |7 |Anderson Ward |R. Deane |Attie S. Joseph III |1:49.20 |
| 1998
|Federico |5 |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 |1:50.00 |
| 1995
|Asian Jane |4 |Paul H. Locke |1:50.60 |
| 1994
|Alto Jane |5 |Paul H. Locke |1:49.60 |
| 1993
|Chou Chou Royale |6 |Sir David Seale |1:52.60 |
| 1992
|7 |Venice Richards |Sir David Seale |1:49.20 |
| 1991
|6 |Venice Richards |Sir David Seale |1:50.20 |
| 1990
|Vardar |3 |Challenor Jones |Sylvie Beuzelin |1:50.40 |
| 1989
|4 |Venice Richards |Sir David Seale |1:51.00 |
| 1988
|Call To Account |nf |V. Roberts |Roland I. Khan |1:49.80 |
| 1987
|Stangrave Park |4 |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 |Joseph Hadeed |George Bros. Stables |1:50.60 |
| 1984
|Tinkers Image |4 |Ricky Griffith |Mrs. Gill Wilson |1:50.80 |
| 1983
|Iron Lover |4 |Guy Cottrell |Laurent Cottrell |1:54.00 |
| 1982
|Bold Lewis |6 |Declan Gillespie |Cyril Arneaud |J. E. Camacho |1:52.80 |
References
{{Reflist}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080315003142/http://www.barbadosturfclub.com/Stake%20Races/Sandy%20Lane%20Barbados%20Gold%20Cup.aspx The Barbados Gold Cup at the Barbados Turf Club website]
- [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=4020 The Barbados Gold Cup at Pedigree Query]
Category:Horse races established in 1982