Lombo Pocket Watch
| Lombo Pocket Watch | ||
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| 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 |
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| Record: | 52:36-7-2 | |
| Fastest Mile Rate: | At 2: 1:56.9 At 3: 1:57.6 At 4: 1:55.5 |
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| 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) |
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| *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, 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. 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. 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.
He stood at stud at Concorde Park in Victoria, Australia, before being brought back into training as a late five-year-old. Lombo Pocket Watch finally retired for good in 2012, ending his career with over 40 wins.
Nicknamed The Grey Bullet, and known as The People's Champion he was the youngest ever Australasian bred pacer to reach $1 million when he broke through the barrier in winning the Vicbred Super Series for three-year-old colts and geldings.
In his first two full seasons of racing Lombo Pocket Watch has amassed many awards including 2006 Australian Harness Horse of the Year, as well as the 2006 Australian two-year-old (2yo) Pacer of the Year, Lombo Pocket Watch backed up and won the 2007 Australian 3yo Pacer of the Year. In his two-year-old season Lombo Pocket Watch became the highest earning 2yo in Australia and his 18 wins put him 3rd on the all-time most season wins for a 2yo. In his 3yo season Pocket Watch broke the all-time stakes winners for 3yo pacers. Lombo Pocket Watch currently sits at 19th on the all-time stakes winners list, and Australasia's youngest millionaire pacer. Lombo Pocket Watch was retired to stud after winning a 12 Group One races including the time honoured, prestigious Victoria Derby, as well as the $285,000 two-year-old colts and geldings Australian Pacing Gold and the $284,000 two-year-old Pacing Colts & Geldings Australasian Breeders Crown.
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