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Mott eyeing 2024 Gold Cup` - Barbados Today

Yet another American trainer has his eyes set on winning the Sandy Lane Gold Cup.Less than two weeks following the running of the most prestigious horse race in the Eastern Caribbean at the Garrison Savannah, Riley Mott the son of legendary American Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, has disclosed his intention to compete in the 2024 edition.Speaking from his stables at Oaklawn Park via telephone, Mott told Barbados TODAY he was looking for a graded stakes winning horse to win the Sandy Lane Gold Cup and become just the third North American trainer to do so after Mark Casse in 2010 and Mike Maker in 2014 and 2015 respectively.Mott, who worked with his father for eight years before venturing out on his own, has five wins and three second-place finishes in 28 starts.His father Bill, is a three-time winner of the Eclipse Award for outstanding trainer, and has also trained multiple champions, including two-time Horse of the Year Cigar.

Expand Gold Cup Seating!

Noting he was delighted with the huge fan support for the Sandy Lane Gold Cup, Minister of Sport Charles Griffith wants to see more stands at the Garrison Savannah. Griffith told Weekend Sport the time had come to enhance the facilities at the Garrison, with improved seating capacity. “I believe that those involved at the Turf Club, will look to see how they can expand because when you look at …

105 Gold Cup Day entries

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, …

Horse racing academy on the cards - Barbados Today

Plans are in motion to establish a horse racing academy that will result in job opportunities for young Barbadians, says Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith.The Minister made the declaration this afternoon at the Grantley Adams International Airport during the arrival of the Sandy Lane Gold Cup, the most coveted trophy in local and regional horse racing, which arrived at 3:22 p.m. on British Airways flight 255 under the command of Captain Gary Smyth and Senior First Officer Paul Whittle.As anticipation builds towards Saturday, March 4, for the Gold Cup, Griffith told the media he believes a horse racing academy would boost and further enhance the sport.He revealed they already located a plantation to start the process.“We believe that a number of our youngsters can benefit from such an entity coming on board. My staff, we are looking to see how best we can actively have this horse racing academy started here. We have identified a plantation and are l

Gold Cup Going Global - Barbados Today

The Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup race day is set to be aired on the Caribbean’s biggest sports cable channel next month.SportsMax is on the verge of a historic broadcast agreement with the Barbados Turf Club (BTC) and the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI), which will see the region’s most prestigious horse racing event being viewed by its largest ever audience.The 40th running of the Gold Cup is scheduled for Saturday, March 4, at the Garrison Savannah and chief executive officer of the BTC Rosette Peirce told Barbados TODAY the broadcast deal with the Jamaica-based sports channel was close to completion.“We are working right now to have SportsMax onboard to carry the Gold Cup through the region and that would have a huge impact on CARICOM and movement around the Caribbean. I haven’t signed on the dotted line as yet, but I can say that I’m 99 per cent sure that SportsMax and BTMI will join us this year for broadcast rights,” Peirce said in an exclusive interview.

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