Gold Cup fever is in the air in Barbados! Now in its 31st year, the Sandy Lane Gold Cup is the most prestigious of horse racing in the Caribbean and the most significant race of the Barbados Turf Club. Sandy Lane has sponsored this event 16 times, an event which includes 12 horses from the Caribbean and North America and which is surrounded by much pomp and ceremony and will be watched by thousands in a carnival atmosphere on 3rd March 2012!

To have a chance of booking a prestigious luxury Barbados hotel close to Sandy Lane hotel Barbados to share in the drama, please call us as soon as possible as this is understandably a very busy date in the hotels’ calendars.  Many luxury hotels in Barbados get booked up very quickly but fortunately, due to our buying power, we have many contacts and excellent deals in Barbados.

Admission tickets can be purchased from the Barbados Turf Club office at the Grandstand from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. You can also purchase your tickets online at www.iticektsbarbados.com or in Cave Shepherd, Broad Street at the iTickets Barbados Box Office open from 8.30am to 5.30pm Mon – Sat.

So enquire and book your luxury Barbados holiday now and be sure not to miss the horse racing in Barbados event of the year, the Sandy Lane Gold Cup / Barbados Gold Cup.

For horse racing enthusiasts, horseracing is taken seriously in Barbados and is mainly held at the Garrison Savannah which is close to Bridgetown Barbados. The Garrison Savannah is named from back in colonial days (1845) when British Regiment Officers were stationed there. For horseracing fans, watch from inside the Garrison Savannah grounds in the Grandstand, Sir John Chandler Stand or the Field Stand.

But at the main events, people like me and local families who aren’t really into the racing like to picnic around the perimeter of the track where the trees provide shade.

Vendors line the area so there are plenty of local traditional dishes to try. Try the fried fish or chicken stew with rice! You can sample the Mount Gay rum or drink the coconut water direct from the coconut.

Ask us at Barbados Travel Deals for the main horseracing events dates that are taking place around the dates you’d like to travel. 2nd May is the Gold Cup in Barbados.  Barbados holidays make a great opportunity to watch horse racing in Barbados and can make a fun day out for all the family. Book your Barbados holidays, whether you plan to stay in luxury Barbados hotels or luxury Barbados villas, the choice is yours and we have the best Barbados deals.