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| Lombo Pocket Watch | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sire: | Jet Laag | |
| Dam: | Misty Maiden | |
| Broodmare sire: | Windshield Wiper | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 16 October 2003 | |
| Country: | Australia | |
| Colour: | Grey | |
| Breeder: | Lombo Standardbreds | |
| Owner: | Lombo Standardbreds | |
| Trainers: | Graeme Tindale, Paul Fitzpatrick | |
| Record: | 52:36-7-2 | |
| Fastest mile rate: | At 2: 1:56.9 At 3: 1:57.6 At 4: 1:55.5 | |
| Prize money: | $1,401,568 | |
| Group One wins | ||
| 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 |
Bathurst Gold Crown (2yoc&g) Australian Pacing Gold (2yoc&g) Kevin Seymour Nursery (2yoc&g) Vicbred Super Series (2yoc&g) Australasian Breeders Crown (2yoc&g) Australian Pacing Gold (3yoc&g) Victoria Derby (3yo) Tasmanian Derby (3yo) Australian Derby (3yo) Vicbred Super Series (3yoc&g) McInerney Ford Classic (4yo) Golden Nugget (4yo) | |
| *Correct as at 13 November 2008 | ||
Lombo Pocket Watch is a champion Australian grey Standardbred colt foaled on 16 October 2003. Bred and raced by Western Australian owner Mick Lombardo,[1] and was primarily trained near Cawdor by Paul Fitzpatrick, with son Gavin Fitzpatrick the regular driver.
In his first season of racing as a two-year-old, he won five Group One (G1) races and was voted the overall 2006 Australian Harness Horse of the Year, the first two-year-old to win the award and his earnings of $642,375 was an Australian juvenile record.[2] As a three-year-old, he won another five Group One races including three of the prestigious derbies and was voted 2007 Australian 3yo Pacer of the Year.[3] As a four-year-old, he won another two Group One races to bring his total to 12 Group One races, and a combined 36 race wins and prize money of A$1,401,568.[4]
He stood at stud at Concorde Park in Victoria, Australia, before being brought back into training as a late five-year-old.[5] Lombo Pocket Watch finally retired for good in 2012, ending his career with over 40 wins.
- ^ "Horse Profile". AHRC. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ "2006 Australian Harness Horse of the Year". AHRC. 25 September 2006. Archived from the original on 16 September 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ "2007 Lawn Derby Awards". AHRC. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ "Horse Profile". AHRC. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ^ "Lombo Pocket Watch retired to stud at Lombardo's Concorde Park". Harnesslink. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.