Nate’s trip south to Palmy well worth it as Lincoln La Moose makes it two for the stable

Nathan Delany … on a roll.It was mission accomplished for Lincoln Farms’ co-trainer Nate Delany when Lincoln La Moose scored a powerful win at Manawatu this afternoon.

The triumph, combined with Onyx Shard’s first night win, saw the stable score with both horses it sent south for the meeting, winning cheques of $14,800.

The tally was boosted even further when Lincoln Farms’ worker Craig Sharpe trained Proviseur to a win and second at the meeting, earning $8100.

The successes continued a hot run for Delany, just two months into his new partnership with Ray Green, after the pair trained four winners at Auckland last Friday night.

A $7.20 divvy after a confident prediction from Ray Green.“I don’t know why we don’t come down here more often,” said Delany after Lincoln La Moose showed courage to score by four and a half lengths for Peter Ferguson despite working hard in the early stages.

“He did a bit of work, crossing from the outside of the gate, and was three wide round the first turn,” Delany said.

Crucially, when Lincoln La Moose found the front, he steered a lot better than on the first night when, despite hanging, he still finished strongly for third.

Green and Delany made some key gear changes for today, fitting a Murphy blind and rein burr, Ferguson sure they made the difference.

“He was getting in real bad on Sunday but Fergie said today he steered well, did everything right, and jogged it. He didn’t pull the plugs or turn his stick.”

An $8.50 return after Green signalled crucial gear changes.Lincoln La Moose has now won three of his 20 starts for John and Lynne Street, the Red and Blue syndicate, the Green Machine Syndicate, Glenn and Ann Cotterill and Ian Middleton.

Onyx Shard scores her first night win for Nathan Delany. PHOTO: Race Images.Middleton and his two buddies Paul Humphries and Ian Harris went close to scoring a double with Onyx Shard who was run down only late one race earlier.

Delany found the front relatively easily from three but wasn’t helped by the attentions of Jahi mid-race and, despite skipping clear turning for home, had no answer to the late challenge by the trailing favourite Ha’penny.

But there was only half a length in it at the line with the 2000 metres run in 2:29.1, more than four seconds faster than Onyx Shard paced the first night.

The trio were still happy to see Onyx Shard back to her best after some indifferent form since winning her maiden at Cambridge on Grins night in April, 2023.

Followers of Green’s pre-race predictions on www.lincolnfarms.co.nz cleaned up on both days, Onyx Shard paying $7.20 on Sunday and Lincoln La Moose $8.50 today.