They’ve got their eyes on our Billy Boy already and a hat-trick looms at Albion Park today

Billy Lincoln is already on the radar of an overseas buyer after two easy wins since arriving in Queensland and the rapidly improving three-year-old looks well placed to make it a hat-trick at Albion Park this afternoon.

New York owner Keith Quinn is scouting for more horses from trainer Al Barnes after his first buy Vasari scored a dominant fresh-up win at Saratoga last week.

And if rookie Billy Lincoln continues to impress, he could also be headed Stateside.

Billy is expected to start a red hot favourite from gate two in the third race today, at 4.47pm NZ time, after pointless wins in his opening bouts.

First-up, over today’s distance of 2138 metres, he scored by almost 10 metres in a 1:58.7 mile rate, and last time he led almost throughout over 1660 metres to clock a 1:54.3 mile rate, never tested to get home by nearly eight metres.

“He should find the front again and give them something to chase,” says Barnes.

“He’s got enough speed to hold them and, from what he’s shown so far, he’ll only have to run up the straight in 28 to be very hard to beat.”

Barnes says the opposition is slightly stronger than what he faced in his last start annihilation. “He’ll have to step up a bit - the horse of Grant Dixon’s Saint Kilda Beach goes all right.

“But we’re getting him into a nice routine, he’s happy and eating well, and he’ll run very well.”

Billy Lincoln, still learning what racing is all about, surprised even Barnes with the turn of foot he showed last time, looping the field effortlessly a round from home.

“Imagine what he might do in six months when he’s learned what life’s about?” Barnes said.

Billy Lincoln races at 4.47pm NZ time at Albion Park today.