A finalist for Canada's Outstanding Jockey for 2024 and already a multiple champion, the Woodbine rider is on the favourite in Barbados.
Gay Smith
The winner was bred by Ken Ramsey whose Cash Equity (Fr) just missed at the wire in the Caribbean's most famous race.
Trainer Todd Pletcher has sent Gay Smith's Jerry the Nipper to the Sandy Lane Gold Cup fresh off good runs in graded stakes in Florida.
Mrs. Gay Smith and Ken Ramsey each have two horses entered in the 41st Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup, set for March 2.
Recent purchases by Gay Smith include millionaire Stone Age, a son of Galileo who was seventh in the Jan. 27 W. L. McKnight at Gulfstream.