The Barbados Gold Cup is a Barbadian

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

 Group I

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 Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 run annually in late February/early March since 1982 at the Garrison Savannah Racetrack in Bridgetown

Bridgetown

The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...

, Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

. Contested over a turf

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 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

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 countries. Since 1997 the race has been sponsored by the Sandy Lane Hotel

Sandy Lane (resort)

The Sandy Lane Beach Resort and Spa is an upmarket, five-diamond luxury hotel and beach resort situated close to Holetown and Paynes Bay, in Saint James on the island-nation of Barbados. The Sandy Lane Beach Resort was first opened in 1961 on what was formerly a sugar cane plantation...

.

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

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 to saddle a winner of the Barbados Gold Cup.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:48.60 - Blast of Storm
  Blast of Storm
  Blast of Storm was a Barbadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to win three consecutive runnings of the Barbados Gold Cup....
  
   (2001, 2002)
• 1:48.60 - Thady Quill (2003)

Most wins:

• 3 - Sandford Prince
  Sandford Prince
  Sanford Prince was an Barbadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to win three editions of the Barbados Gold Cup....
  
   (1989, 1991, 1992)
• 3 - Blast of Storm
  Blast of Storm
  Blast of Storm was a Barbadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to win three consecutive runnings of the Barbados Gold Cup....
  
   (2000, 2001, 2002)

Most wins by an owner:

• 5 - Sir David Seale (1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)

Most wins by a jockey

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:

• 4 - Venice Richards (1986, 1989, 1991, 1992)
• 4 - Jono Jones
  Jonathan C. Jones
  Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races....
  
   (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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:

• 7 - William C. Marshall
  William C. Marshall
  William Cyril "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM 14 August 1918 – 1 November 2005) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner who had the distinction of being the only person to have saddled winners from stables on four different continents....
  
   (1984, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

Winners of the Barbados Gold Cup

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
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 Patrick Husbands Patrick Husbands is a Barbadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of a jockey, he began riding as a young boy, turning professional in his home country where he rode successfully until emigrating to Toronto, Ontario in 1994.Racing out of Woodbine Racetrack, in 2003 Husbands won the...	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 Slade Callaghan Slade Callaghan is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Considered tall for a jockey at 5' 8", Callaghan competed in his native Barbados where his success led him to relocate in 1994 to a base at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada.Among his victories, Callaghan captured the 2002 Breeders'...	Nazih Issa	E.& L. Melnyk Eugene Melnyk Eugene Melnyk is a Ukrainian Canadian businessman who now resides in Barbados. He is the current owner, governor, and chairman of the Ottawa Senators professional ice hockey club of the National Hockey League . He also owns the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors junior-age ice hockey club...	1:53.73
2003	Thady Quill	6	Jono Jones Jonathan C. Jones Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races....	William C. Marshall William C. Marshall William Cyril "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM 14 August 1918 – 1 November 2005) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner who had the distinction of being the only person to have saddled winners from stables on four different continents....	Gay Smith	1:48.60
2002	Blast of Storm Blast of Storm Blast of Storm was a Barbadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to win three consecutive runnings of the Barbados Gold Cup....	5	Jono Jones Jonathan C. Jones Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races....	William C. Marshall William C. Marshall William Cyril "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM 14 August 1918 – 1 November 2005) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner who had the distinction of being the only person to have saddled winners from stables on four different continents....	Sally Arbib	1:48.60
2001	Blast of Storm Blast of Storm Blast of Storm was a Barbadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to win three consecutive runnings of the Barbados Gold Cup....	5	Jono Jones Jonathan C. Jones Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races....	William C. Marshall William C. Marshall William Cyril "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM 14 August 1918 – 1 November 2005) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner who had the distinction of being the only person to have saddled winners from stables on four different continents....	Sally Arbib	1:48.60
2000	Blast of Storm Blast of Storm Blast of Storm was a Barbadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to win three consecutive runnings of the Barbados Gold Cup....	4	Jono Jones Jonathan C. Jones Jonathan C. "Jono" Jones is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who has won each of the Canadian Triple Crown races....	William C. Marshall William C. Marshall William Cyril "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM 14 August 1918 – 1 November 2005) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner who had the distinction of being the only person to have saddled winners from stables on four different continents....	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 Simon Husbands Simon Husbands is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Husbands began racing in his native Barbados in the mid nineteen eighties then a few years later relocated to Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada where he earned his first North American win in 1990...	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 Robert Sangster Robert Edmund Sangster was a British businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was British flat racing Champion Owner five times and his horses won many major races, including two Epsom Derbys, four Irish Derbys, two French Derbys, three Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes and a Melbourne...	1:50.00
1995	Asian Jane	4	Richard Quinn	William C. Marshall William C. Marshall William Cyril "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM 14 August 1918 – 1 November 2005) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner who had the distinction of being the only person to have saddled winners from stables on four different continents....	Paul H. Locke	1:50.60
1994	Alto Jane	5	Richard Quinn	William C. Marshall William C. Marshall William Cyril "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM 14 August 1918 – 1 November 2005) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner who had the distinction of being the only person to have saddled winners from stables on four different continents....	Paul H. Locke	1:49.60
1993	Chou Chou Royale	6	Sandy Hawley Sandy Hawley Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack...	Scobie Breasley Scobie Breasley Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley was an Australian jockey. He won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times: 1942-45 consecutively on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy; then on Peshawar in 1952...	Sir David Seale	1:52.60
1992	Sandford Prince Sandford Prince Sanford Prince was an Barbadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to win three editions of the Barbados Gold Cup....	7	Venice Richards	Scobie Breasley Scobie Breasley Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley was an Australian jockey. He won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times: 1942-45 consecutively on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy; then on Peshawar in 1952...	Sir David Seale	1:49.20
1991	Sandford Prince Sandford Prince Sanford Prince was an Barbadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to win three editions of the Barbados Gold Cup....	6	Venice Richards	Scobie Breasley Scobie Breasley Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley was an Australian jockey. He won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times: 1942-45 consecutively on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy; then on Peshawar in 1952...	Sir David Seale	1:50.20
1990	Vardar	3	Patrick Husbands	Challenor Jones	Sylvie Beuzelin	1:50.40
1989	Sandford Prince Sandford Prince Sanford Prince was an Barbadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first horse to win three editions of the Barbados Gold Cup....	4	Venice Richards	Scobie Breasley Scobie Breasley Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley was an Australian jockey. He won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times: 1942-45 consecutively on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy; then on Peshawar in 1952...	Sir David Seale	1:51.00
1988	Call To Account	nf	Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s....	V. Roberts	Roland I. Khan	1:49.80
1987	Stangrave Park	4	Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s....	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 Emile Ramsammy Emile Ramsammy is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s....	Joseph Hadeed	George Bros. Stables	1:50.60
1984	Tinkers Image	4	Ricky Griffith	William C. Marshall William C. Marshall William Cyril "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM 14 August 1918 – 1 November 2005) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner who had the distinction of being the only person to have saddled winners from stables on four different continents....	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