The first Sandy Lane Gold Cup since 2020 is set to go Saturday, March 4 at the Garrison Savannah near Bridgeport, Barbados and a very competitive field of nine has been assembled. Led by two horses owned by three-time Gold Cup-winning owner Ken Ramsey, the Gold Cup is a Group 1 with $200,000 (BAR, approx. $135,000 Canadian)purse for the turf race at approximately 1 1/8 miles.

The post positions for the biggest race in the Caribbean were drawn on Thursday, Feb. 23. The race is scheduled as race 10 on March 4 with a post time of 6:10 p.m., 5:10 p.m. Eastern team.

Four horses in the nine-horse Gold Cup field have recently been brought to the Caribbean island from Florida, one was brought in from Woodbine and there are four local starters.

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