The Always B Miki colt who really caught the eye of Lincoln Farms’ trainer Ray Green today.
Green finds colt who oozed class among bargain basement weanlings at Karaka
By Barry Lichter • 25 May 2023
He wasn’t the most expensive weanling Lincoln Farms picked up at Karaka today but trainer Ray Green rated an Always B Miki colt the standout of their five buys.
Lot 95, a colt out of the good producer Samantha Q, fell to the bid of Lincoln Farms’ owner John Street for $34,000.
“He’s the first Always B Miki we’ve bought and I thought he oozed class,” Green said of the colt.
The youngster is a half-brother to Alta Intrigue who notched four wins and 13 placings for the stable before his sale to Perth where he won another 10.
“Alta Intrigue was a very early runner and very quick horse.”
The colt headlined a day when Street basically stuck to buying from families he knew well, and for the most part got them at bargain basement prices, his five successes costing just $97,000.
The Downbytheseaside colt who cost $42,500 is from the family of Tigerish and Justa Tiger.The one for which Street had to open his shoulders a little was a Downbytheseaside - Tigers Lady colt who cost $42,500, the fifth equal highest price of the day.
He is from the family of Tigerish whose son Justa Tiger won nine races for Lincoln Farms and ran third in the 2008 Northern Derby.
“I loved that horse,” Green said. “He was real genuine. He loved training and racing, his work ethic was enormous.”
Each of the stable’s other three buys were dirt cheap, Green said.
“It was a productive sale for us. If they’re no good it won’t kill us. A lot of them which sold today didn’t even make their stud fees.”
Street was on a bit of a nostalgia trip when he bid $3500 for a Sweet Lou - Moonlighting filly.
Moonlighting had no speed when Green trained her for Woodlands Stud and didn’t race but she is a sister to Sir Lincoln whose 20 wins included an Auckland Cup for John and Lynne Street.
Lincoln Farms also raced Lincoln’s Keepsake (4 wins), Lincoln’s Megastar, Lincoln’s Superstar and Lord Lincoln out of the mare Clare de Lune.
Green was more taken with another out of the family, a Lather Up - Ima Megastar colt who cost $10,000.
Ima Megastar was the only foal that six-race winner Lincoln’s Megastar left before her untimely death.
“He’s a nice colt and I was happy to get him for only $10,000.
“I thought our other cheap horse was the Downbytheseaside - Roanne filly who cost only $7000.
A well conformed filly, Green also liked the fact former top filly Lancome dominated the pedigree page.
Green bought this Lather Up filly himself for $3500. She is out of a sister to the talented Colonel Lincoln.Green took one home for himself too, a Lather Up - Jessie’s Girl filly, for just $3500.
“She’s a lovely filly and ticked all my boxes.”
The filly’s dam was unraced but is a sister to the stable’s talented three-year-old Colonel Lincoln.
Green’s wife Debbie also signed for one, a Bettor’s Wish - Dudinka’s Angel filly, who cost $7500.
The sale topper was Woodlands’ Bettor’s Delight colt out of Asabella who fell to the bid of Peter Lagan Standardbreds for $52,000.
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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.”
