Bred by:	Zandvlied Stud
Height:	16.2 hands or 1.65m
Weight:	540 KG
World ranking:	14
Champion Horse Of The Year	2007, 2008, 2009
Purchase Price:	R185 000
Earnings:	R10.25 million
Runs	43
Wins	20
Places	17
Highest MR	126
Grade 1 Wins	9
Grade 2 Wins	3
Grade 3 Wins	3
Total graded Wins	15

Achievements:

• Equus Champion Horse of the Year 2007 / 2008 / 2009
  
• Equus Records - 4
  
• Broke the record by becoming the Only Horse in History to Win 4 consecutive Grade 1 Queens plate
  
• Broke the record by becoming the Only Horse in History to Win 4 consecutive Grade 1 Queens plate
  
• Broke the record by becoming the Only ever horse to Win 3 consecutive Grade 1 J&B Metropolitans
  
• Won the Grade 1 Durban July in 2008 dead heating with Dancers Daughter
  
• Won the grade 1 Gold Challenge
  
• Won The grade 2 Ocean Basket Green Point Stakes a record 3 times consecutively
  
• First ever horse to win the Winter Triple Crown
  
• Champion Miler, Champion Middle Distance and Older Horse 2007, 2008, 2009
  

Statistics:

• Average speed while winning the 2010 Queen's Plate: 59km/h
  
• Pocket Power won his first three graded races consecutively over three separate distances becoming the first ever Winter Triple Crown winner.
  
• Pocket Power is the highest ever earner from South Africa (locally raced)
  
• The only Horse in History to win 2 Queens Plate and 2 J&B Mets was Politician- Pocket Power has won 4 Queens Plates and 3 J&B Mets successively.
  
• Pocket Power dead heated with Dancers Daughter in the 2008 Durban July. There has only ever been 1 other dead heat in 1967, when Sea Cottage dead heated with Jollify.
  
• Pocket was renowned for his late kick swallowing his opposition in the closing stages just to do enough. Hence the reason he only won less than a 1,5 length winning margin on 17 of his 20 victories.
  
• Bernard Fayd'Herbe has ridden Pocket Power to 7 of his 9 group 1 wins. (Jeff Lloyd rode the other two 2)
  
• Pocket Power was only ever beaten once over the Kenilworth mile once from 10 starts, the last of which attempting the world record for 5 consecutive L'Ormarins Queens Plates finishing 4th as an 8 year old to Mother Russia.
  
• The furthest he has ever won by is 3.25 lengths beating Majestic Sun in his first ever graded race over 1600m.
  
• Pocket Power Only ever finished out of the money on 3 occasions from his 43 starts - His 3rd start, and his last start being 2 of them.
  
• Pocket Power has never won a sprint - But finished second in 4 group 2 sprints, and only on two occasions, did he finish out of the money finishing no worse than 5th.
  
• Pocket Power has carried top weight in all but 2 of his 43 starts.
  
• Pocket Power has never left a grain of feed in his trough.
  
• He has only been led into the winners' enclosure once from his 28 starts. (He has an aversion to the winners enclosure)
  
• Mike Bass has won the J&B Met and the Durban July 7 times from the 17 runnings. That's a 42% winning average.- Bunter Barlow (Met 2001), Pocket Power (2006-2009), Trademark (July 2001), Dunford (July 2005) and Pocket Power (July 2008)
  
• Had Pocket Power achieved the same racing statistics in the USA or Europe his average earnings are estimated to be more than R80 million.
  
• Pocket raced from ages 3 -8 ( Horses reach their peak at 4, and on average retire at 6 years old) Pocket Power won his last Graded race at 7 years old , the 2010 Ocean Basket Green Point Stakes.
  
• Pocket Power has 500 followers on his own fan page on face book and now his own website www.pocketpower.co.za
  
• He also has a book which will be released in July 2011
  
• Pocket Power retired as an 8 year old to work rider Belinda Haytread's small holding in Constantia Forest where he will carry out the rest of his days in luxury!