Lincoln Lou (Andre Poutama) posts an easy all-the-way win at Alexandra Park in February. PHOTO: Megan Liefting/Race Images.
Consisent little Lincoln Lou sold to Western Australia to join fellow ex-Kiwis
By Barry Lichter • 3 April 2025
Lincoln Lou will be scratched from Friday night’s $50,000 Sires’ Stakes Semi-final at Cambridge and continue his career in Western Australia.
The speedy Sweet Lou three-year-old is headed for the stable of up-and-coming trainer Michael Young who is enjoying a great run with former Kiwi pacers.
And Lincoln Farms’ business manager Ian Middleton believes Lincoln Lou will really thrive under the racing conditions in Perth.
“His advantage over there will be his speed - he will thrive round the corners on their tight half-mile tracks.
“He was a really good little horse for the partnership but we couldn’t guarantee he’d win the money we got for him.”
Lincoln Farms’ owners John and Lynne Street took in a big team to race the colt, the Excell Syndicate, the Green Machine Racing Syndicate, Phil Kelly, David Turner, Brad Baine, Alana Rabbitt, Margaret Rabbitt and the Athenry Syndicate. Middleton ended up with a share too, joining Peter Winchester, Ric Horsfall and Simon Philip in the Cantabrians Plus One syndicate on the death of their mate Trevor Luke.
Michael Young celebrates another winner in Perth. PHOTO: Gloucester Park.A $40,000 yearling buy, Lincoln Lou won prizemoney of $70,078 in his 21 starts, showing real consistency with three wins, five seconds and three thirds.
“Another few wins and he’ll be up against the open horses here so it makes sense to sell him,” Middleton said.
Lincoln Lou won back-to-back races at Alexandra Park in February, dead-heating in the second one. But he found the going hard in his latest assignments, when sixth behind Rubira in the Alabar Classic and seventh to Marketplace in the Harness Millions.
Young, 36, is in only his sixth season training but has already notched 398 winners, 221 at Gloucester Park headquarters. From 296 runners this season he has recorded 73 wins.
His recent Kiwi buys who are racking up the wins include the former Peter and Vaughan Blanchard pacers Hugotastic (two from two) and Acushla Machree (two wins from five starts), as well as the ex-Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan-trained Montana DJ (two wins) and Jeremy Young’s Penny Black who has won nine of her 16 starts there, her first six in a row. All four are racing at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
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Our runners this week
Sunday at Manawatu
What’s Up The Hill, Onyx Shard, Kevin Kline, Leo Lincoln.
Our runners this week: How our trainers rate them
Nathan’s comments
Tuesday twilight at Manawatu
Race 4: Leo Lincoln
5.44pm
“Fergie’s drive on Sunday was perfect, you couldn’t ask for better, and he said the horse was doing his best work in the last 50 metres. Maybe with another 100 metres he might have got there. His gate speed is only OK so I can see him getting crossed here.”
Race 5: Kevin Kline
6.19pm
“Fergie said he did it easily on the first day, and the horse only did what he had to. He’s been racing much nicer horses at Auckland so it was good to get the win, hopefully it will boost his confidence. I’ll leave the tactics up to Fergie but I imagine he’ll probably do the same thing again, loop the field and outstay them.”
Race 6: Onyx Shard
6.54pm
“I was hoping she’d drop down a grade. She’s had some tough trips recently, having to do a lot of work, and it didn’t help being three wide for the last lap on the first day. Also they only walked and sprinted home. She could be better coming with one run at them.”
Ray’s comments
Friday night at Cambridge
Race 2: Lincoln Lover
5.33pm
“He had no chance last start when trapped three wide all the way. That won’t happen this time from the inside draw so that gives him a chance to get some of it.”
Race 2: Prince Lincoln
5.33pm
“He’s shown no gate speed so the wide draw doesn’t matter. He’s coming along all right but will need lots of luck against the hot pots.”
Race 5: Debbie Lincoln
6.54pm
“She seems to have overcome her tying-up issue, her bloods are good, and she’s training well again. She could possibly be underdone and the seven draw makes it very hard.”
Race 6: Lincoln Lou
7.20pm
Scratched. Sold to Western Australia.
