 Pocket Watch started his campaign with an easy win in a heat of the Vicbred Super Series at Ballarat but was defeated by Melpark Major.Pocket Watch finished fourth in the high class Victorian Four and Five Year Old Championship to Smoken Up, and second to the same horse in the inaugural Len Smith Mile, a Group 1 free-for-all held over a mile on the new 1400 m track at Menangle Park.On 8 August 2008, Lombo Pocket Watch was one of two horses invited to contest the premier four-year-old race of Australia, held at Harold Park in New South Wales, 2008 Courage Under Fire Chariots of Fire along with Vicbred Super Series Champion Melpark Major.