MAJOR MARVEL died after winning the Sandy Lane Gold Cup in 2014.
Gentleman’s Kitten died after competing in this year’s Gold Cup.
And this year’s Gold Cup winner Sayler’s Creek recently injured a leg.
There’s one common thread that binds these incidents. They are all owned by Ken Ramsey, the United States’ horse racing mogul.
If you are superstitious, you might get the notion that coming to Barbados to race is a bad omen for the Ramsey stables.
And if you were Ken Ramsey and believed that Barbados is a jinx for him, then the best thing to do would be to stop bringing his animals here for the Gold Cup.
Please read the full story in today’s Daily Nation, or in the eNATION edition.
