Al and Hayden happy as Larry after brilliant trackwork in lead-up to Friday at the Creek

Brilliant trackwork during the week has Larry Lincoln’s connections very bullish about his winning at Albion Park on Friday night.

“On the times he’s been running he should just be winning,” says trainer Al Barnes.

“Hayden was been rapt with his work through the week. He’s worked as good as anything we’ve got.”

But don’t expect Hayden to simply blast to the lead in the fifth race and try to defie his rivals.

After scoring an easy win in his Queensland debut, when he mile rated in 1:55, Larry Lincoln has disappointed when sixth in his next two outings, driven aggressively both times.

Trainer Al Barnes suspects the horse doesn’t like that style of racing.

“Hayden couldn’t understand why he pulled up with such a high heart rate last week but working too hard on what is now a heavy track obviously doesn’t work.

“We’ll drive him quietly on Friday, just hold our position out of the gate, and give him some confidence.

“It’s not a strong field - it’s a bit of a drop in class on what he’s been racing - so from two he should be winning.”

A measure of Larry Lincoln’s chances is the fact the early second favourite is the less than impressive It’s Super Easy, whom Barnes trained for Lincoln Farms for four starts earlier in the year before he was sold.

Barnes says it’s the horse’s work this week, rather than the switch back from 2138 metres to 1660 metres that gives him such confidence.

Larry Lincoln races at 10.18pm NZ time at Albion Park on Friday night.