In 1891 there was great interest in the new course at Lower Works; the old track had long been one of the most popular in the island.

Daily Gleaner, June 20, 1891

. . . . The new course at Lower Works owing to the indomitable energy of Mr. T. P. Leyden is all ready and the pretty little stand in course of erection will, in another week or ten days, be quite finished. The course is a circular one very nearly a mile in length and is wide enough to permit forty horses to run abreast all around it. It has been most carefully laid out and levelled and is almost an entire fiat the whole way round.
   It is contemplated to make this a gate money meeting and for this purpose the
course has been fenced in. All the arrangements are on the English plan — there is a judge's box, weigh-room, saddling paddock and every convenience has been provided for the general public, the breeders, jockeys, and for the accommodation of the several studs.