Man Of Action … ready to show his best at Cambridge.
Reformed Man Of Action ‘ready to go’ after easy workout win at Pukekohe
By Barry Lichter • 28 December 2019
Man Of Action made up for his indiscretion last week with a perfect display at Pukekohe today, taking his workout heat like a ready-made winner.
The Bettor’s Delight three-year-old, who galloped for no reason when leading on the home turn last time, never put a foot wrong today, trailing Tuscon Tiger to the stretch and outfinishing him easily to win by three-quarters of a length.
The pair cleared right out from the rest of the field with closing sectionals of 59.1 and 29.5, third-placed Highview Justice 10 lengths further astern.
Man Of Action clocked a solid 2:37.3 for the 2050 metres, a mile rate of 2:03.5.
Man Of Action loses it turning for home last week.The heat was run left-handed, the direction that Man Of Action will tackle when he resumes at Cambridge early in the New Year.
“He’s all ready to go,” said trainer Ray Green. “He looked good today and Zac was very happy with him.
“I don’t now what happened last week whether he just wasn’t fit enough and got tired, but he’s all right now and on that run you’d expect him to be in the money straight away.”
Man Of Action, a Bettor’s Delight half brother to Lincoln Farms’ high-flying Make Way, has placed in three of his six starts, including a neck second to Ideal Agent at Auckland in June.
Man Of Action is raced by Lincoln Farms’ John and Lynne Street and a big team including the Chisso’s & Wack Syndicate, Steve Beckett, Kevin Bell, Michael Brereton, Mrs M J Brown, Margaret Rabbitt, the Green Machine Racing Syndicate and the Athenry Syndicate.
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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.”
