Buster Barnes has won two legs of Zimbabwe’s Triple Crown and his proud owners, the Centaur Syndicate, will now be hoping, and probably praying, that their three-year-old champion will manage to add one more.

On Sunday the 7^th of April 2024 the Erupt (IRE) gelding walked off with the Zimbabwe 2000 at Borrowdale Park, and next up will be the real test of stamina – the 2400m Zimbabwe Derby, the last leg of the Triple Crown.

Trained by Debra Swanson and with Deryl Daniels in the irons, Buster Barnes (bred by Millstream Farm) finished two lengths ahead of his stable companion, Follow The Band. The filly, Trust Me, led for most of the 2000m trip but faded in the last 200m.

Congratulations to all the winning connections! 

Photographs by Zimbabwe Equine News