In the 2020 calendar year King Of Swing had 13 starts for 10 wins and three seconds.
Ex Lincoln Farms stars King Of Swing and Line Up clean up at NSW awards
By Barry Lichter • 2 February 2021
Two Lincoln Farms educated pacers, King Of Swing and Line Up, took honours in the New South Wales Horse of the Year awards for the 2019-20 season.
King Of Swing, who did his early racing for Lincoln Farms and trainer Ray Green, was a unanimous winner of the aged entire/gelding award and the Horse of the Year title for his impeccable season when he won the Miracle Mile, Hunter Cup and Blacks A Fake Championship.
King Of Swing, who was the leading money winner with A$1,154,866, and fastest pacer of the season, clocking 1:48, was a relatively inexperienced two-year-old when Green took him to Australia for the 2017 Breeders’ Crown at Melton - he’d won four of his six starts but never tackled top company.
But the Rocknroll Hanover colt, perfectly rated by driver David Butcher, downed star Aussie juvenile Poster Boy and Colt Thirty One to bag the A$285,000 Final, pacing the 2240 metres in a sizzling mile rate of 1:55.2.
Bred by Breckon Farms, he was sold soon after to clients of leading Perth trainer Gary Hall.
In the 2020 calendar year he was completely dominant, racing 13 times for 10 wins and three seconds.
Line Up was a classy youngster at Lincoln Farms.Line Up won 70% of the votes for the three-year-old of the year, after bagging the New South Wales and Victoria Derbies.
He was also an early star for Lincoln Farms before his sale to leading Sydney owner Emilio Rosati.
The winner of three of his nine starts here, he finished third behind One Change and Copy That in the Three-year-old Sires’ Stakes Final at Addington.
The Bettor’s Delight colt, who has notched three wins and two seconds in five Australian starts, has had his troubles since and has not raced since beating Perfect Stride and Zeuss Bromac in the New South Wales Derby last March.
Other awards:
Two-year-old trotter: Aldebaran Ursula
Three-year-old trotter: Elite Stride
Two-year-old filly pacer: Anntonia
Two-year-old pacer: Tasty Delight
Three-year-old filly pacer : Jenden Strike
Aged trotter: Tough Monarch
Aged mare pacer : Bettor Enforce.
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Ray’s comments
Friday night at Auckland
Race 4: Tyson
6.59pm
“He was tough again in winning last week. He’s trained on well, is in good shape, and should be right in it.”
Race 4: Sugar Ray Lincoln
6.59pm
“He’s finally getting his act together - he’s gone three good races in a row - and seemingly turned the corner. We’ve had a lot of (vet) work done on him, his feet in particular, and it’s paid off. There’s not much between him and Tyson.”
Race 5: Rivergirl Bella
7.23pm
“She’ll need everything to go her way from the draw. But she’s got a bit of speed. She’s getting there. She wasn’t very strong before and wasn’t tracking too well, but she’s driving right now.”
Race 5: Lincoln Linda
7.23pm
“She’s had a few issues, mostly mental ones, and is still a bit of a handful. It wasn’t very pretty last week but we’re slowly getting her under control. The outside draw might actually help her.”
Race 5: Angelic Copy
7.23pm
“She needs only a half decent trip to feature. She got held up a little bit in the straight at a crucial time last week and that was that.”
Race 6: Prince Lincoln
7.49pm
“He’s drawn the best of ours in three. He got cheated for a run last week. It’s hard to know where he’d have finished without that.”
Race 6: Lincoln Lover
7.49pm
“Ferg reckoned if he’d been able to hold up in the trail last week he would have won. He was very bullish about how he’d gone. The draw’s no help but he can do a bit of work. He’s an honest little guy who saves his best for when the money’s up on racenight.”
Race 6: Johnny Lincoln
7.49pm
“He got a bit keen last week but he should be a lot better this time. He’s still learning and he’s a slow learner. When he does things correctly he’s a pretty nice horse. Hopefully he can get a suck into it from the second row draw.”
