Debbie Green with Debbie Lincoln and Maurice McKendry who drove her in all four wins.
Davine snaps up fleet-footed Debbie Lincoln but you can still follow her in Queensland
By Barry Lichter • 1 January 2026
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.
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Ray’s comments
Friday night at Cambridge
Race 1: Spirited Belle
4.46pm
Delany: “I saw she’d been punted but somebody must know something we don’t as I’ve been working her myself and, while she feels all right and hasn’t put the boot in like at Auckland, I think she’ll need the run. She hasn’t got any high speed but feels like she will stay. She has improved a bit but I’d be surprised if she won.”
Race 1: Lincoln Maree
4.46pm
“It’s always hard from these draws but she’s a tough mare who will make her own luck at some stage. She’s going well enough - her drivers have all been happy - and she’s a little warrior who tries like hell.”
Race 2: Major Copy
5.12pm
“He’s only two and very inexperienced but he feels like a good colt and there’s a lot of improvement in him. He certainly caught a lot of people’s attention last time. I don’t know how good he is yet but he’ll be right there.”
Race 2: Prince Lincoln
5.12pm
“If he can lead without having to do too much work I can’t see anything beating him. I thought he went great last start. He pressed the winner hard ’til the corner then just flattened out in the run home, but he had every reason to do that after all the work he’d done.”
Race 4: Spirit Of God
6.12pm
“She’s been undone by bad draws. If she led easily from three she’d be hard to beat as she’s a good front-runner.”
Race 4: Spirited Peggy
6.12pm
“We’ve had her for only two weeks but she’s seven now and has had her chance to win one. She has a bit of speed but I think she gets pulling so we’ve got the Hidez (compression) hood on her and plugged her ears up.”
Race 6: Copy N Paste
7.10pm
“We won’t see the best of him for another six months. He’s been a slow developing horse but is improving all the time and getting stronger.”
Race 6: Jessie Lincoln
7.10pm
“If I was having a bet on one of them in the race it would be her. She deserves to win one. Her last two have been really good - she just ran into one who was a bit slicker last time in Major Copy.”
Race 6: Lincoln Dealer
7.10pm
“He’s a bit one-dimensional - you’ve got to feed him track and let him run - so the second row draw is a big handicap. To his credit I was surprised he finished so close last time after all the work he did. When he gets a decent draw and crosses them they’ll know they’re at the races. He’s got a big motor and tries hard.”
Race 8: Rivergirl Bella
8.08pm
“She clawed her way to the front last time but had nothing left at the finish. That won’t happen this time and she should lead easily from one.”
Race 8: Angelic Copy
8.08pm
“She’s had terrible draws but has been going good races. The others last time were just better than her but this is a big drop in class. With the right trip she could get some of it at huge odds.”
Race 9: Sugar Ray Lincoln
8.35pm
“He’s not quick away from a stand but he won’t muff it completely. He steps from the front line and Peter Ferguson was quite happy with his last run.”
Race 9: Lincoln Wave
8.35pm
“He bombed the stand the first time but to be fair all those horses were rushing up at him from the back and that panicked him a bit. He’s on 10 metres this time so that won’t happen.”
