A feature in Barbados Today by Morissa Lindsay recently featured one of Canada’s all-time leading jockeys, PATRICK HUSBANDS. Husbands sees Barbados as the Las Vegas of horseracing in the Caribbean but says that until a race track is built the sport locally will remain behind.
Husbands who is contemplating retirement at the end of this year said Barbados has the worst race track in the world and yet has the biggest purse in the Caribbean.
Read more in Barbados Today.
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