Sam Clipperton is back in the mix for the Sydney apprentices' premiership after a winning double at Gosford yesterday. Picture: Rohan Kelly Source: The Daily Telegraph
SAM Clipperton drew level with leader Jenny Duggan in the Sydney apprentices' premiership with his winning double at the Australian Turf Club's Gosford meeting yesterday.
The teenage riding star guided Style to a narrow neck win in the Paramount Function Centre Handicap (1200m), then in the very next race he scored by a half-head on Cradle Me in the Schweppes Handicap (1000m).
Clipperton's brace gives him 10 city wins for the season.
Style's win was the first of a winning double for trainer Grant Allard.
He also saddled up Loaded, ridden by Christian Reith, to win the XXXX Gold Handicap (1600m).
Nash Rawiller regained the lead in the Sydney jockeys title race when he scored on the impressive Volutina in the Like Us On Facebook Handicap.
Rawiller scored his 21st win for the season to edge past rival Hugh Bowman (20.5 wins) but his day was soured when he incurred a five-day suspension for raising his whip above his shoulder three times when riding Another Lovechild.
The champion jockey's suspension period does not begin until next Monday and he is still free to ride Epsom Handicap winner Fat Al in the Group 1 $1 million Railway Stakes (1600m) at Perth's Ascot racetrack on Saturday.Trainer Gai Waterhouse is confident Fat Al can bounce back from his last start failure in the Emirates Stakes at Flemington.
"He is not the 'quickest thinking' gelding, and the big (Flemington) straight seemed to have fazed him a touch," Waterhouse said.
"In the past, I have had horses bomb at their first start under certain conditions, only to show the field a clean pair of heels at their next start under the same conditions. This is what I expect from Fat Al on Saturday."
Waterhouse believes she can secure a Group 1 double at Ascot as she is also represented by Hallowell Belle in the $500,000 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m).
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