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To mark the running of the traditional 2,000 Guineas trial tomorrow, a short story….
In 1978, on my first visit to St Leger Day at Doncaster, I saw a 2yo colt called Tromos finish a promising third on his debut.
Tromos then went to Ascot and did THIS – https://youtu.be/vjwoSR9BVUU
Tromos was then sent for the Dewhurst and did THIS – https://youtu.be/yqeJeYAktmk
The odds-on Winter favourite for the 2,000 Guineas, Tromos reappeared in the Craven – https://youtu.be/MM7bNHJt4r0
And that was pretty much the end of THAT!
Hope you enjoyed.
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Had not heard of Tromos before, but that performance at Ascot was stunning and well worth a watch. Shame his career fizzled out after such an impressive start.
From some quick searching online, I see he was trained by Bruce Hobbs, this being the same Bruce Hobbs who was youngest jockey to ever win the Grand National. Sure you know that already, but it was quite interesting to me anyway!
Ian,
The story of Tromos is explained in a biography of Bruce Hobbs, written by Tim Fitzgeorge-Parker. He uses Hobbs own words to report what went wrong.
“Tromos wintered all right, but from the end of February, he never showed the sparkle that he had the year before. I told George Cambanis that I was not happy and that, although I would run him in the Craven Stakes, I knew that he would not win.”
“I had in my care the champion two-year-old of Europe, probably of the whole world, with the Classics at his mercy, but a colt who was in such a poor shape that there was no way he could run in them. The worst feature was that I had no idea of the reason and could not, therefore, cure him or alleviate his suffering. He missed the Guineas and had still not recovered by the tim of the Derby.”
Eventually, a deal was done with an American stud, who made an offer too big to refuse for a half share, subject to examination by their vet. The US vet used an endoscope, something unheard of in Britian at that time, and immediately found ulcers all the way down the gullet and diagnosed a streptococcus infection of the throat and chest.
Tromos duly went to the Pillar Stud in Kentucky, where after two seasons as a stallion, he died with colic from a twisted gut.
Was there myself that day Ian , were one of the best stayers was beaten in the St Leger Le Moss finishing third then winning 2 Ascot Gold Cups happy memories
SA,
It was indeed a cracking day – I had only been Flat racing at Beverley previously.
Greenhill God won the 7f Handicap, Devon Ditty the Flying Childers, Town And Country the 1m2f Handicap, Julio Mariner (who my Dad had been saying would win the Leger for almost a year and ended up just backing it for a place!) the St Leger from Le Moss, Formulate the May Hill and Jimmy Bleasdale, a claimer I had seen at Beverley, the last on Indian Brave with Tromos third.
It was a lovely sunny Indian Sunmer September day and we were in The Silver Ring – wonderful memories.
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