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: Sammy Lincoln
6.45pm
“He’s always had ability, he’s just needed to be inspired. But he’s starting to get the idea and it’s not a big field this week. He’s getting money every week and is an each-way chance again.”
Race 5: Jessie Lincoln
7.11pm
“She got home better than anything last week and that was her first run for a while so you’d expect she’ll improve on that.”
Race 5: Omaha Lincoln
7.11pm
“He put in a couple of steps last week, reaching for his hopples. But we’ve pulled his gear up a bit tighter and hopefully that will fix that. You could argue he’s the best horse in the race but I wouldn’t say he stands over them as he’s still very green, and has a lot to learn, and that might hold him up a little bit. But he’s certainly a good winning chance.”
Race 6: Sugar Ray Lincoln
7.39pm
“I thought he went pretty well first-up. He did a lot of work early and should improve with the run.”
Race 8: Rivergirl Bella
8.37pm
“You can’t condemn her on last week’s run (when she broke) but this is a very strong race.”
