Another Lomond could star this year

Press, 20 April 1983, Page 37

Another Lomond could star this year

By

J. J. BOYLE

Lomond, an Irish-bred purchased by the late Mr Bill. Hazlett for his Chelandry Stud in Southland in 1966, has a promising young namesake going around this year from the famous stable of Vincent O’Brien.

The modern Lomond gave O’Brien a sixty-sixth birth-, day present, oh April 9, when he won the Gladness Stakes at The Curragh.

Lomond’s defeat in the National Stakes as a two-year-old had been brought about by a severe throat infection, which took several months to clear up. The colt’s breathing in the Gladness Stakes was completely normal, as his rider,

Pat Eddery, was quick to reassure Vincent O’Brien after the race. Lomond is bred to be something special. He is a half-brother by the famous Northern Dancer to Seattle Slew, which won the American Triple Crown. It seems likely that Lomond, another of Mr Robert Sangster’s colourbearers, will carry stable hopes in the Irish 2000 Guineas in mid-May. On April 2, Vincent O’Brien sent another Northern Dancer colt out to win The Minstrel Stakes.

Eddery nursed Danzatore to a snug win, but some of the critics felt that this million-dollar purchase had

left some questions unanswered in a sub-stand-ard field.

Some believe his pedigree lacks the strength to support the brilliant elements in it Others say the colt lacks the character to dig in when placed under pressure.

However, most seem to agree that Danzatore is a really fine individual, a more refined version of Nijinsky. Danzatore is out of Shake a Leg (by Raise a Native), out of Fleeting Doll (by Fleet Nasrullah). Shake-a Leg won twice at two years in Ireland, and seven from 14 starts at three and four in the United States.