Lombo Pocket Watch
| 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, 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.