Caymanas Park is Jamaica's only race track.
, Caymanas Track Limited. It was historically a

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estate in the

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. It was originally owned by the Ellis family, including George Ellis and

Charles Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford Charles Rose Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford (19 December 1771 – 9 July 1845) was a British politician, sugar planter, and slave holder. John Ellis and Charles' early life Charles was the second son of John Ellis of Jamaica, who acquired a signific ...

, who made substantial profits from sugar and

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.Barry Higman, ''Montpelier'' (Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 1998), pp. 22-5. It is mentioned in the Pioneers' 1969 song "Long Shot (Kick The Bucket)", which contains the line "What a weeping and a wailing down at Caymanas Park". Gangster Dennis Barth, known as "Copper", was killed in a shootout with police at the park.

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{{Sports venues in Jamaica Year of establishment missing Horse racing venues in Jamaica Buildings and structures in Saint Catherine Parish

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