LONHRO has turned
21 today.
Remembered by all as the
“Black-Flash” he was a son of a
champion that became a
champion on the track and in the breeding shed.
Lonhro strides out for another victory
A son of Octagonal from Shadea, Lonhro was born on
December 10, 1998.
Lonhro raced 35 times registering 26 wins, 11 at Group 1 level, including a Caulfield Guineas, an Australian Cup, two (2) George Ryder Stakes and a Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
LONHRO
* Horse of the Year in Australia in 2003-04
* Champion 3YO in Australia in 2001-02
* Joint top of the 2004 World Rankings (mile)
* Top of the 2001-02 Australasian 3YO Classification (middle)
* 26 wins-2 at 2-from 1100m to 2000m, 11-Gr1 Wins & $5,790,510
LONHRO - The Sire
Record Breaker:
LONHRO was the
only HORSE OF THE YEAR – by a HORSE OF THE YEAR at stud in Australia.
Set a new Australian record of
160 individual winners in a season in 2013/14
* Champion Australian Sire in 2010-11.
* Second in 2011-12.
* Third in 2009-10.
* Leading Aust. Sire of 2YOs in 2011-12.
* Leading Aust. Sire of 3YOs in 2010-11.
* Leading Aust. Sire by Winners in 2013-14 & 2014-15.
To trainer John Hawkes, Lonhro was the perfect horse.
"All he wanted to do was please you," Hawkes said.
"Horses like him are born good. All I did was try to mould him."
Hawkes named two races, the 2004 Australian Cup at Flemington and Lonhro's next race, the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill, as his most memorable performances.
The Australian Cup was Lonhro's last race in Melbourne with jockey Darren Beadman extricating him late for what had looked like an impossible win.
"It didn't look too promising but being the jockey he (Darren) was, and Lonhro being the horse he was, they stayed balanced and didn't get uptight," Hawkes said.
"In the Ryder no horse in the world could have beaten him. He was as fit and as good as we could possibly get him.
"I've trained a lot of good horses, but him and his father, they were the best."
Now assistant trainer at Godolphin in Sydney, Beadman rode Lonhro to 16 of his victories, and trained one of his best sons, Impending to Group One success.
DARREN BEADMAN & LONHRO
Beadman said Lonhro was a jockey's dream to ride.
"He had so much power and acceleration, he was a superb athlete," Beadman said.
"He could get you out of a difficult situation in a race in the blink of an eye.
"As soon as you started to pick him up, he knew what was required.
"I was just a passenger most of the time."
Lonhro ran his last race in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in the autumn of 2004, finishing second to the front running Grand Armee, then beginning stud duties at Woodlands the following spring.
He has produced
88 Stakes Winners, 11 at Group 1 level, among them the Golden Slipper winner and successful sire Pierro, Impending, Exosphere, Beaded, Mental and Denman while more than 70 per cent of his runners have won races.
Dynamic Syndications have had a tremendous run with the progeny we have purchased by Lonhro.
We have purchased
11 horses by Lonhro. One is a current season unraced 2yo named Loniesha.
Amongst the
10 to race; there are
8 individual winners (80%) and the other
2 are both placed.
Between them, they have
won 36 Races and over $1.55 million in earnings.
Our Lonhro progeny we have raced / are racing are:
Perplexity (9 wins & $410k & Gr3 performed),
Specific Choice (6 wins & $407k),
Define (3 wins, $171k & Gr2 placed),
Witches (3 Wins & $171k),
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Sondelon (4 wins & $139k),
Platamone Castle (6 wins & $127k),
Aberration (3 wins & $105k),
Zuhoor (Winner)
Aloneinabaa (Winner - In Full Work)
and the two placed horses are:
Fraud (placed 6 times),
Lochita (placed in 2 starts; In Full Work),
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whilst unraced 2yo filly Loneisha is in Full Work at Randwick.
We hope to find some more well bred and well conformed progeny by Lonhro to purchase in the future.