Three Year Old Season (2006-2007)
Lombo Pocket Watch opened his three-year-old season at Moonee Valley with a win in a heat of the Australian Pacing Gold series and proceeded to win the Group 1 final comfortably. His next assignment was the Group 2 Victorian Sires Classic in which he held off a fast finishing Lively Exit to extend is unbeaten streak to 19 wins in a row.
In his heat of the Victoria Derby Lombo Pocket Watch was beaten by Twelve Paces. Despite his defeat, he qualified for the $150,000 Group One Final, which he won in time of 1.59.2 with a last 800 m of the 2575 m event in 57.2.
Lombo Pocket Watch was then sent to New Zealand to contest the Great Northern Derby at Alexandra Park in Auckland. He ran poorly in the qualifiers, finishing fourth. In the Group One $200,000NZD final he finished second to Changeover. On his return from New Zealand, Pocket Watch contested the Tasmanian Derby, held at Elwick Racecourse in Hobart on 1 April 2007. He dominated the competition, winning in 1.59.7. Pocket Watch remained in Tasmania to contest the Australian Derby at the Launceston circuit a week later. Facing stronger opposition, including Lively Exit, Pocket Watch produced another dominant performance to win with a final quarter of 27.5 seconds.
On his return to the Australian mainland, Pocket Watch contested the New South Wales Derby. Although the race organisers had granted Pocket Watch a place in the final, his owner elected to run the horse in the qualifiers. He finished third in the qualifier, being apparently unsuited by the slow early pace. s respectively. This saw him suffer only his fifth defeat in finishing third beaten by only 1.5 m. In the final a week later at Glebe circuit Pocket Watch again failed to reproduce his best form, finishing fifth behind Gotta Go Cullen, Twelve Paces and Lively Exit. Pocket Watch then contested the three year old colts and geldings category of the Vicbred Super Series for horses bred in Victoria. On 25 May 2007 he won the semi-final at Moonee Valley Racecourse in 1.57.7. In the final a week later he recorded his tenth Group One victory in a time of 1.58.7. The win made him the first three year old in Australasia to break the $1 million barrier and therefore the youngest ever Australasian millionaire standardbred horse.
Pocket Watch won the Newcastle Guineas and then attempted his fourth Derby victory in the Queensland Derby. In an even run race at Albion Park Pocket Watch was beaten by Queenslander Arkamigo after being caught three wide early. In the Australasian Breeders Crown series for three year old colts and geldings Pocket Watch won his heat at Harold Park and the semi final, at Ballarat Victoria. On 19 August, Pocket Watch again clashed with Changeover in the much anticipated final, but finished fourth, after being unable to recover from a poor barrier draw.
Lombo Pocket Watch was awarded the 2007 Australian 3yo Colt/Gelding of the Year, as well as the Australian 3yo Pacer of the Year, for a season that included 19 starts in Australia and New Zealand, for 12 Australian wins and a total of $452,478. Pocket Watch also received the 2007 Victorian 3yo Pacing Colt/Gelding of the Year, based only on his Victorian results which included 3 Group One races.
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