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the FBC Derby 2 400m on Sunday.
Mina Salaam came into the race, which was open to all top three-year-olds, with fine form of two wins and was firmly placed as a favourite among the eight runners.
The horse had raced twice in Zimbabwe since relocating from South Africa early this year and had won all her sprints.
But in the end, the filly struggled over the distance and allowed Vincent to win by 1.5 lens to complete the sprint in 2 minutes 29. 95seconds
The Medaglia Oro filly cantered to a third place, finishing four lens behind Sea Battle who was in second place.
The Kitalpha gelding Vincent had came second best to Mina Salaam before over shorter distances but managed to get his revenge on Sunday.
The FBC Derby was the third leg of the prestigious Triple Crown and the Lisa Harris’ trained Mina Salaam had been on course for a win.
Hill Billy (7), who partnered jockey Lance Pagel, finished fourth with Gareth Williams holding the straps as Boost My Ego came fifth. Harris had saddled the Kahir Almaydan gelding in the feature race.
In the Juvenile Series, Control Freak (1) won her third race in as many sprints, beating Annaburro by 2.25 lens.
The race was over 1 000m and the filly from the Harris yard, ridden by Gavin Lerena, stopped the clock in exactly one minute.
Meanwhile preparations for the Castle Tankard continue with a provisional list of 20 equine athletes hoping to enter for US$50 000 race.
The oldest sponsored horse race in Africa is set to be the richest event in Zimbabwe with a grade one rating.
A final nomination will be made on Monday but so far all the top trainers in Zimbabwe have shown an interest to saddle horses to the starting stalls.
It looks like a relatively large field with Kirk Swanson hoping to field Al Kahtan, Captain’s Tiger, Eight Street, Jiminy Cricket and Super Sha.
Leading trainer Harris could opt to bring Chill Out, Gracie Jones, Sonic Barrier, Splendid Tambur and Winter’s Night from among her runners.
Vincent could lead the cast from Peech’s yard that includes Auvergne, Eventful, Got Personality and Wooden It Be Great. Grisham by Geoff Woodruff and Kithala by D’ Aquion could also fight for the coveted tankard while Karen Tselentis may opt for Mill Key Way.
Gavin Macleod may saddle Sharp Texan while Dave Willey has Tremayne on the provisional list for the Castle Tankard running on May 21.