Tim Clark

Clark Focuses On Harnessing Nature’s Speed

Posted on October 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The fate of Nature Strip's Everest quest will be determined in the first few hundred meters of the race, according to his jockey Tim Clark. The horse brings an X-factor to Saturday's $14 million contest with opinion divided whether his raw speed can be harnessed to run out a strong 1200 metres. Clark will be[...]

Posted on October 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tim Clark hopes to make the perfect start to Everest day at Randwick when he rides favourite Postcode in the opening event on a bumper 10-race card. Clark, who partners Nature Strip in the $14 million feature, has nine rides on Saturday's program and Postcode shapes as one of his best. Trained by Gai Waterhouse[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham has landed successive VRC Oaks Trial victories after Celestial Falls led throughout at Flemington. Celestial Falls' older half-sister Greysful Glamour won the corresponding race 12 months ago before going on to finish second in the VRC Oaks at Flemington two starts later. Under a well-judged front-running ride from jockey Tim Clark[...]

Posted on September 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tim Clark has continued his excellent record in Newcastle's feature spring races taking out his second Gold Cup aboard the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Hush Writer. The Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m) and Cameron Handicap (1500m) have been happy hunting grounds for Clark who teamed with Tulloch Lodge to win the staying showpiece aboard Broadside[...]

Posted on September 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tim Clark does not know how Samadoubt will handle a heavy track in the Group One George Main Stakes but he does know the horse is fit and in the form of his life. The Bjorn Baker-trained gelding has been a revelation this spring, stamping himself as the form weight-for-age horse in Sydney with a[...]

Posted on September 19, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Libertini is odds-on to continue her domination of the Princess Series, although a wet track and distance rise have a rival jockey firmly believing he can upset the star filly. Tim Clark almost brought Libertini's winning sequence to an end in the Furious Stakes (1200m) when he went to the front aboard Villami, the pair[...]

Posted on September 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tulloch Lodge three-year-old Just Thinkin' has defied all challengers to win the Dulcify Stakes at Rosehill while Castelvecchio and Shadow Hero have turned in eye-catching performances behind him. Coming off a maiden win at Warwick Farm, Just Thinkin' ($9.50) took up the running for Tim Clark and responded well when challenged by Subedar ($9) to[...]

Posted on September 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tim Clark has declared Samadoubt the latest benchmark of weight-for-age racing in Sydney after the bold frontrunner annihilated his Chelmsford Stakes rivals to maintain his unbeaten record this campaign. Like he did first-up in the Group One Winx Stakes, Samadoubt ($10) found the lead and Clark clicked him up a gear coming to the home[...]

Posted on August 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A day after Mikaela Claridge died from injuries suffered in a trackwork accident at Cranbourne, jockeys around the country have paid their respects to the apprentice rider. Jockeys competing in the second races at Victorian meetings at Caulfield and Warracknabeal on Saturday wore black armbands while interstate riders did likewise at Rosehill in Sydney and[...]

Posted on August 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney jockeys have paid tribute to Mikaela Claridge, wearing black armbands in memory of the young apprentice who was killed in a trackwork accident at Cranbourne. The riders wore the armbands in the second race at Saturday's Rosehill meeting and jockey Tim Clark, who won the race on Wimlah, said Claridge's death on Friday put[...]

Posted on August 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tim Clark has pulled off a major upset in the first Group One race of the season with a bold front-running ride aboard Samadoubt to win the Winx Stakes at Randwick. Leaving some of Australia's best weight-for-age stars in his wake, Samadoubt ($31) took up the running, picked up the tempo approaching the turn and[...]

Posted on August 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin has claimed a major provincial feature with Gaulois taking out the Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. Ridden by Tim Clark, Gaulois ($2.80 fav) powered home to beat Supernova ($4.20) by half a length in Thursday's Listed race. Although not among the top echelon at the Godolphin stable, Gaulois has won six races, including the Listed[...]

Posted on August 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A family trait that points to spring bringing out the best in Lakia promises to be a potent asset for the filly after her convincing win at Canterbury. Lakia is the first foal from Arabian Gold, a five-time stakes winner who first served notice of her talent as an early-season three-year-old during the 2013 spring[...]

Posted on August 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gai Waterhouse's chances for a first win in the Golden Rose have been strengthened by Dawn Passage's win in the Listed Rosebud at Rosehill. Dawn Passage is on the third line of betting for next month's Group One race alongside Castelvecchio and behind Exceedance and Yes Yes Yes. Those three are yet to begin their[...]

Posted on August 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Tim Clark has laid down the challenge to Dawn Passage to convert his abundant promise into racetrack results, starting with the first three-year-old stakes race of the Sydney season. The Tulloch Lodge-trained colt resumes in the Listed Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday and it will be no walk in the park against a[...]

Posted on August 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Some of the season's newly turned three-year-olds have shown they still have a bit to learn, putting on a messy display for the first race at Randwick. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Mandela was sent out the $3.10 favourite and eventually got his win on Saturday after coming out slowly and getting back further than[...]

Posted on July 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tulloch Lodge will look to the spring with Rule The World after the two-year-old made it two victories from as many starts with an all-the-way opening race win at Randwick. Jockey Tim Clark was able to get an uncontested lead on the youngster and Rule The World kicked strongly in the straight, holding on to[...]

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