Barbados Gold Cup
| Barbados Gold Cup | |
|---|---|
| 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 Barbados 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 metres (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.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:48.60 - Blast of Storm (2001, 2002)
- 1:48.60 - Thady Quill (2003)
Most wins:
- 3 - Sandford Prince (1989, 1991, 1992)
- 3 - Blast of Storm (2000, 2001, 2002)
Most wins by an owner:
- 7 - Sir David Seale (1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2012, 2013)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 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
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Major Marvel | 8 | Patrick Husbands BSS | M. Maker | Mr. Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey | 1:49.2 |
| 2013 | Aristodemus | 4 | A. Trotman | E Deane SCM | Sir David Seale | 1:50.2 |
| 2012 | Dancin David | 5 | J. Samuels | E Deane SCM | Sir David Seale | ? |
| 2011 | Zoom | 6 | A.Bishop | Edward Walcott Jr. | Gay Smith | 1:49.4 |
| 2010 | Sterwins | ? | Patrick Husbands BSS | M. Cassey | Eugene Melnyk | ? |
| 2009 | Daylight Express | 4 | Anderson Ward | Robert Peirce | Lord Michael Taylor | 1:51.40 |
| 2008 | Pure Temptation | 4 | Anderson Ward | William Clarke | Lord 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 |