of his generation in the United Kingdom. At the end of 1976 he was rated 132 by Timeform, three pounds behind their Horse of the Year Youth and was named their Best Sprinter of the season. In their annual Racehorses of 1976 Timeform described him as an outstanding sprinter and bemoaned the fact that he had received few votes in the British Horse of the Year poll won by Pawneese. In the official British handicap for older horses he was rated second, level with Bruni and two pounds below the French-trained stayer Sagaro. Stud record Lochnager was retired from racing at the end of the 1976 season with a valuation of £260,000 and became a breeding stallion at the Easthorpe Hall Stud, near Malton, North Yorkshire. He was not a successful sire of winners, but did get some fast horses including Reesh (winner of the Palace House Stakes, Temple Stakes and Greenlands Stakes) and Imperial Jade (placed in the Lowther Stakes and Palace House Stakes). His most important offspring however, was the filly Peckitt's Well who produced the outstanding racemare Lochsong who was twice named Cartier Champion Sprinter and was voted Cartier Horse of the Year in 1993. Pedigree References 1972 racehorse births 1994 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 20-b