IT IS GOLD CUP DAY in Barbados and the foreign invasion is expected to dominate the island’s major showpiece horse racing event.
England-based bay colt War Envoy and the American chestnut Watchyourownbobber look ready to provide a breathtaking finish to today’s Grade I – $240 500 Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup over 1 800 metres at the Garrison Savannah on the Barbados Turf Club’s sixth race day.
War Envoy, since going into quarantine, burnt up the Pierre Meadow training facilities with some bullet five-furlongs workouts. Those workouts should have him razor sharp and the one they will all have to beat.
By his normal style it is a remarkable improvement and he should be ready to explode for his partner, jockey Mario Pino, a winning machine.
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