Gary Bain

Gary Bain was legendary on the Bahamian horse racing scene in the 1970s. In 2015 he has rode numerous winners on the South Florida racing. He began his career as a 12 year old boy at the former Hobby Horse Race Track at Cable Beach and for almost five consecutive years he earned the title Jockey of the Year, having amassed the majority of wins on his mounts over the four month local horse racing season.

In 1979 Bain moved to South Florida after the controversial closure of the local horse track. A number of horsemen at the time including Trainers George Burrows and Larry Demeritte also relocated to the US. Burrows has gained a solid reputation as a breeder in Ocala, Florida where champion thoroughbred horses are bred. Demeritte is a champion trainer in Louisville Kentucky. Gary Bain, at 62 is still going to the Winners Circle at Gulfstream Park and Calder Horse tracks in Florida. He has won the WHAS Stakes on Kentucky Derby Day in 1996 aboard Hoop Coyote Hoop and in 1983 in the Reality Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes on My G.P.