Front-running Tommy Lincoln looks to have tonight’s race at Albion Park on a plate

Tommy Lincoln looks set to jump straight back into the winners’ circle at Albion Park tonight, drawn to lead a mediocre field.

Lincoln Farms’ trainer Ray Green says you can put the line through his last start when, from the second row, he had to work three wide to the death and weakened to seventh.

“Sitting parked just doesn’t suit him,” says Green. “He got pulling too hard. He’ll go much better tonight and should lead easily from two.

“He’s definitely the one to beat.”

From the same spot on the gate in his Queensland debut Tommy Lincoln made a real statement, powering to the front and winning, untested, in a mile rate of 1:53.8 for the 1660 metres, with the highly touted Ranger Bomb 11.5 metres in arrears.

Green says Tommy Lincoln is in good shape now after an issue earlier in the week when he showed signs of lameness.

“We had a bit of a problem with his feet but the farrier sorted that.

“We had pads on his feet but they were pressing hard on his soles so we took them off and he seems fine now.”

Tommy Lincoln, the winner of nine races and more than $100,000, opened a $1.22 favourite for tonight’s fourth event with the former Gavin Smith-trained Kiwi Bettor Call Me, a one race winner, second fancy at $7.50.

Tommy Lincoln races at 9.24pm NZ time at Albion Park tonight.