Check out Saturday’s big shortener Lincoln King who is ‘absolutely full of life’
By Barry Lichter • 5 November 2021
Lincoln King has been the big shortener for Saturday’s $75,000 Metropolitan Trophy at Riccarton.
Lincoln Farms’ stayer will be having his final lead-up to Saturday week’s $250,000 New Zealand Cup and is favoured by the step-up to 2500 metres this weekend.
Plenty of punters have followed the bullish advice of trainer Stephen Marsh since his opening quote of $6 was posted earlier in the week.
He now claims equal favouritism at $4.50 with Spring Classic winner Southern Ocean.
Of his other main rivals, Swords Drawn has eased from $4.80 to $6 and Beaudz Well is in slightly from $5.50 to $5.
Stable foreman Rhys Mildon reported today that Lincoln King had put on good condition in his time in the south.
“And he’s been full of life at the end of his gallops this week, bouncing off the track, which he doesn’t normally do.”
Lincoln King has been crunched in the cup market, in from $9 to $7 in the last two days, claiming equal second favouritism with Swords Drawn. Beaudz Well and Southern Ocean are equal $6 favourites.
Lincoln King, who cannot be rehandicapped if he wins on Saturday, was beaten a whisker in the cup last year by Dragon Storm.
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Lisa’s comments
Friday at Waverley
Race 5: Lincoln Towers
2.58pm
“I am really happy with him at the moment, his work has been superb. We ended up injecting his knees and he worked great on the course proper on Tuesday morning. He should be very competitive in a field like this but my biggest concern is how much rain is in the forecast. I would be reluctant to start him if the track got to be really wet as we know he has never gone very well on heavy tracks.”