by LINDON YARDE
For the first time ever, five-time United Kingdom champion jockey Oisin Murphy is going to grace the 43rd Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup when he mounts Divin Propos on Saturday, March 7, at the historic Garrison Savannah.
The 30-year-old Irish-born jockey will join the growing list of world-class riders such as Johnny Murtagh, Declan Gellispie, Richard Quin and Sandy Hawley, just to name a few, who have competed in the Caribbean’s premier invitational horse race over 1 800 metres.
With this latest development hundreds of racing fans, who follow him daily, are expected to converge on the Savannah to witness Murphy rub shoulders with the rulers of the Gold Cup in Barbadian riding gurus, Jalon Samuel (6) and Patrick Husbands (4), who collectively have 10 Gold Cups between them.
The globe trotter Murphy has been contracted to partner Divin Propos for defending champion owner, One Guyana Racing and trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. The connections got glory last year when Harrow, under jockey Rasheed Hughes, crossed the line first to end the 1-times Gulfstream Park champion trainer Joseph’s elusive effort in this race.
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