Legendary Jockey Patrick Husbands Withdraws From Gold Cup

Canadian Nicholas Tomlinson Targets Barbados Gold Cup with Deccan Prince

Canadian-born trainer, Nicholas Tomlinson will send out Deccan Prince in this year’s Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup, which is scheduled to run on March 7th at the Garrison Savannah. Raised in Toronto, Ontario, the 31-year-old horseman is Bajan by descent. Tomlinson’s Barbadian-born father, Brian Alleyne, has worked the starting gate at Woodbine for over twenty years. Walks ‘hots’ as a teenager at Woodbine, Tomlinson gradually progressed up the ran…

Gold Cup plans unchanged, says Turf Club

Veteran jockey Patrick Husbands has pulled out of Saturday’s Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup, abruptly ending plans for what had been billed as his final ride on home soil. Husbands had been slated to partner Sir London in the island’s premier horse racing event, but reports indicate he withdrew after becoming dissatisfied with the assignment. The veteran jockey reportedly believed he would instead have been allowed to ride Diving Propos, which had…

Legendary jockey Patrick Husbands withdraws from Gold Cup

The big sports story today is surrounding the Sandy Lane Gold Cup. The island’s most decorated jockey, Patrick