Check out the class of 2019 - there are plenty of likely types among our new partnerships
Lincoln Farms’ trainer Ray Green has another exceptional looking bunch of two-year-olds going through their paces at Pukekohe.
Check out the class of 2019 below, with current photos shot by Trish Dunell and how they looked as yearlings, and if one strikes your fancy contact Ian Middleton to see if shares are available in the partnership.
The monthly training fee for a 10% share is $264.50 ($230 plus GST).
American Dealer
10% share: $6900. ($6000 plus GST)
Stable name: Major
Ray Green: “He’s a nice little horse who should make a two-year-old. He’s a good pacer who’s done nothing wrong but I gave him a bit of a break as he was a bit small and weak.”
Breeding: American Ideal - Maddison’s Delight
From a family rich in black type, this colt is the second foal of a Bettor’s Delight mare who is a half sister to headliners (Our) Amazing Art (15 wins), All U Need Is Faith (8 wins), Pacing Major (13 wins) and Grace Way, the dam of Lincoln Farms’ smart colt Make Way (13 wins).
Crack Group I filly Linda Lovegrace (14 wins) also appears in his pedigree.
Apieceoflou
10% share: $11,500 ($10,000 plus GST)
Stable name: Frank
Ray Green: “He’s jogging up and is due to start fast work again soon. He was a big, gangly weakling but has strengthened up considerably this time in. He’s still got some developing to do - he needs to pop up in the wither - but he paces well enough and he’s got some good American blood.”
Breeding: Sweet Lou - Wantapieceofme
Out of a half sister to a 1:47 winner, Apieceoflou boasts a string of big race winners in the United States in his family including Hop Sing (27 wins), world champion Shebestingin (18 wins, 1:47) and Bono Bests (25 wins).
He is out of the Rocknroll Hanover mare Wantapieceofme, whose only other foal Betterpiece has won two races in Western Australia.
Bondi Shake
10% share: $5750 ($5000 plus GST)
Stable name: Bobby
Ray Green: “He was one of my favourites at the yearling sales and we stole him. He’s about the only Somebeachsomewhere I’ve ever liked and I couldn’t fault what he’s done so far. He’s perfectly mannered with a nice stride and is on target for the first Young Guns heat.”
Breeding: Somebeachsomewhere - Seven Point One
Bondi Shake is the first colt out of six-race winner Seven Point One who is a half sister to the good winners Courtney John and Bobbie McArdle.
Her third dam Port Medley won the 2005-06 Broodmare excellence award, leaving 15 foals who all raced, for 12 winners, including Falcon’s Medley (16 wins) and Lively Medley (20 wins).
Brodie Lindenny
10% share: $8050 ($7000 plus GST)
Stable name: Lenny
Ray Green: “He’s very big and immature and has been slow to develop but he’ll come to it later. We gelded him last week.”
Breeding: Bettor’s Delight - Lady Dancer
Brodie Lindenny is the fifth foal of a seven race winner in Lady Dancer. She has had three foals to the races including the eight-race winner Come Dance With Me, who is racing in Western Australia, and Dancing Dixie.
It is the family of crack pacer Surprise Package who won 13 races in New Zealand and another 14 in the United States.
Second dam Jodi Vance left eight winners.
Captain Nemo
10% share: $14,950 ($13,000 plus GST)
Stable name: Nemo
Ray Green: “He’s a typical Captaintreacherous, athletic looking with a beautiful long body. I like him a lot and I think he’ll develop into a pretty nice racehorse. He’s improving all the time and is one of the most forward of my two-year-olds. He’s won a workout and his qualifying trial and is right on target for the first Young Guns heat.”
Breeding: Captaintreacherous - Arden Caviar
Captain Nemo, by a much touted son of the ill-fated Somebeachsomewhere, is from a prolific winning family.
His dam Arden Caviar is a half sister to Bettor’s Strike (16 wins, A$789,000), multiple Group I winner Arden’s Choice (7 wins), Southwind Arden (9 wins) and Rocknroll Arden (6 wins).
Third dam Bella Chip, who paced 1:52.6 in the United States, left the Group I Victoria Derby winner Bella’s Boy (16 wins, $437,000).
Franco Nandor
10% share: $17,250 ($15,000 plus GST)
Stable name: Nandor
Ray Green: “He’s a lovely horse who goes well but we gelded him last week because he was getting too heavy topped and was starting to get a bit aggressive so we decided to nip that in the bud.”
Breeding: Mach Three - Nicaea Franco
Franco Nandor is from the Spreydon Lodge family of the big winner Nearea Franco, the winner of 11 races, including the Group I Queen Of Hearts. She was crowned four-year-old mare of the year in 2007-08, and is the dam of Nike Franco (30 wins) who has paced 1:49 in the United States.
He is the first foal of the one-race winner Nicaea Franco. His third dam No Paba left eight winners.
Jeff Beck
10% share: $11,500 ($10,000 plus GST)
Stable name: Tommy
Ray Green: “Early on I thought he’d be a Young Guns horse, and he probably still will be, but not for the first couple of heats. We trained him down to 2:10 and he was nicely gaited but was a bit of a wanderer. He’s grown a lot since the yearling parade in August and is on his way up again.”
Breeding: Rock N Roll Heaven - Lady Fingers
This cracking colt’s half sister The Orange Agent dominated her age group, winning 13 of her first 19 starts and 18 in all, including four Group I races.
He is the eighth foal of the mare Lady Fingers, who has had four to the races for four winners, the most recent Australasian record-breaking filly Cheesy Fingers, who posted a 1:50.3 mile at Menangle in January within days of landing in Australia after being sold out of Bunty and Gareth Hughes’ stable.
Louie The Punter
10% share: $5750 ($5000 plus GST)
Stable name: Kenny
Ray Green: ”He’s a nice pacer but is quite immature and we gelded him last week. He’ll come to it later.”
Breeding: Sweet Lou - Love A Gamble
This colt’s full brother is the smart Double Or Nothing, one of the best of Lincoln Farms’ juvenile team last season.
His dam Love A Gamble has already produced nine-race winner Let It Ride, a star of the Tim Butt stable in Australia where he has won two Group I races, the Breeders’ Challenge Final in Sydney and Blacks A Fake in Brisbane.
Second dam Stylish Sweetheart (12 wins) was a star age group performer and left fast horses in Gomeo Romeo (13 wins) and Sterlish (15 wins).
Spice It Up
10% share: $8625 ($7500 plus GST)
Stable name: Spicey
Ray Green: “She’s shown us plenty and looks like being our best filly. She’s quite fat and we’ve had a bit of trouble with her tying up but I expect her to be very competitive in the fillies Young Guns heats.”
Breeding: Captaintreacherous - Soul Sister
Captaintreacherous, a son of the ill-fated champion stallion Somebeachsomewhere, hasn’t yet had any progeny to the racetrack in the southern hemisphere. The winner of 21 of his 26 starts at two and three he was, however, the leading sire of juveniles in the United States last year.
This filly’s dam was unraced but her granddam Andress Blue Chip is a virtual household name in the harness breeding world, her pinup offspring the freakish filly Carabella, who won 17 of her 19 races.
The Informant
10% share: $5750 ($5000 plus GST)
Stable name: Reuben
Ray Green: “He’s about to start fast working again. We trained him down to 2:10 and he wasn’t quite coping - he’s a typical American Ideal and was changing stride - but this time in he should be much better. He’s a lot bigger than Hard Copy and is the closest to him conformation-wise than any of his other siblings.”
Breeding: American Ideal - Readallaboutit
This colt is a full brother to the West Australian superstar (My) Hard Copy who was bought by Green’s wife Debbie for $4000 before his sale to Australia where he won 27 races and $1.27 million.
It is the family of Presidential Belle (8 wins) who left the fast racehorse (Run) Oneover (23 wins, $577,000 before being sold to the States).
Themightyserena
10% share: $4887.50 ($4250 plus GST)
Stable name: Serena
Ray Green: “She’s only a little filly but she’s got a bit of speed and could make a Young Guns horse. She got down to 2:10 last prep, a half in 60, and enjoyed her work.”
Breeding: American Ideal - Themightykendall
Themightyserena is the second foal of Themightykendall who is a sister to champion pacer and multiple Horse of the Year Themightyquinn (58 wins, A$4.5million).
Second dam Love Sign also left Themightynadal (7 wins).
Further back in her pedigree are the big winners Excitable (29 wins) and Group I winner (Our) New Life (22 wins).
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Our runners this week
Tuesday at Cambridge
Colonel Lincoln, Onyx Shard, Commander Lincoln, Debbie Lincoln, Kevin Kline, Lincoln La Moose, The Big Lebowski.
Our runners this week: How our trainers rate them
Ray’s comments
Thursday night at Cambridge
Race 2: Commander Lincoln
5.51pm
“Back to Cambridge and the easier amateur ranks he can get some of it. He’s an honest little horse who pays his way.”
Race 4: Onyx Shard
6.49pm
“She’s a nice filly who is training really well and it wouldn’t surprise me to see her in the money in spite of the outside draw. She’d be one of the best in that field and is definitely an each-way chance.”
Race 6: Colonel Lincoln
7.39pm
“He hasn’t raced for nearly 21 months but his training has been good and he should go well first-up. He’s a beautiful, big horse who probably lacks a yard of speed to be a real super horse but he’s got everything else. I expect him to go well against this lot.”
Race 7: Lincoln La Moose
8.04pm
“He’s training well and has surprised us before, like when he won his first start at Cambridge like a monster after breaking on the first turn. It’s always the way when they win their first start - it makes things hard for them after that - but he’s travelling well now and is capable of being in it.”
Ray’s comments
Friday night at Auckland
Race 4: Lincoln Lou
7.09pm
“He’ll be relying on a heap of good luck from the second row. His last run was a non-event. The poor little bugger couldn’t have done a better job of finding trouble. He’s trained on all right.”
Race 4: Sugar Ray Lincoln
7.09pm
“He’s training really well and he showed last time what a big motor he had, losing all that ground early and still getting up to win. He’s not famous for his gate speed but as long as he gets away safely then Maurice can put him in the race at the right time. There are a lot of horses in there that aren’t that safe who could stand on their ear. Navigating through them is always a worry. He’ll need some luck but he could give them a fright.”
Race 6: Frisco Bay
8.05pm
“He obviously can’t beat Duchess Megxit or Jeremiah but if he gets a good trip he’s a chance of getting some money. Things didn’t suit him last time - being out three wide then going to the front. He’s so hot, he over-races. He goes best if he’s allowed to slop out and find the back of something, when he generally relaxes. Even if he got back a bit, that would be all right, so long as he gets sucked along.”