Davine snaps up fleet-footed Debbie Lincoln but you can still follow her in Queensland

Fast filly Debbie Lincoln has been sold to Australia with a classic rags to riches story line.

Bought as a weanling for just $3500, she earned $84,158 in her short career and reaped a six-figure sale price for Debbie Green and Lincoln Farms’ John and Lynne Street.

The Lather Up four-year-old, who finished second to stablemate Spiritual Bliss on Wednesday evening, joins the extensive ownership interests of Australian Joshua Davine and will eventually head to the Queensland stable of his trainer Michael Brennan.

“I cant see why she won’t do well in Queensland,” said Lincoln Farms’ senior trainer Ray Green.

“She’ll like that style of racing where they launch them and she has plenty of gate speed.”

Green said Debbie Lincoln had been a classy pacer from day one.

“She has big speed and is great-gaited. She could probably get away with wearing no boots.

“And she has a great temperament and heart rate. You can back her up quickly because she recovers so well. She’s just a natural, all-round racehorse.”

Debbie Lincoln leaves New Zealand holding the title of the fastest three-year-old to have won over 1700 metres at Alexandra Park. Her October 3 clocking of a 1:53.5 mile rate was the best by either a female or male pacer.

With four wins and seven placings from 25 starts, Debbie Lincoln proved by far the best of the five horses Lincoln Farms snared for a total of $19,500 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 weanling sale.

“Of the others, one was no good, one broke a leg, another turned into a roarer and we sold The Rascal to Mike Tanev who is in Queensland before heading to North America.”

The Streets, who joined Debbie Green as partners in Debbie Lincoln, initially struggled to come up with a name for the filly, settling on the moniker as a mark of respect for Green’s uncanny ability to select bargain bin winners, like champion Copy That and million dollar winner Hard Copy.