Sydney apprentice Tim Clark opened the Sydney Turf Club’s Hobartville Stakes Day at Rosehill on Saturday with a top ride showing his ability and why already he has 12 wins in the city.

Riding the Bill Prain trained Arena filly My Lady’s Chamber in the $60,000, Special K Handicap (1200m) Clark settled her well behind the leader Spiel (NZ) and allowed the filly to run along without bustling her.

My Lady’s Chamber had been difficult to load into the barriers and Clark sensibly allowed her time in the race, even though they hit the running rail coming off the first straight.

Into the straight Spiel was under pressure and the field fanned across the track. My Lady’s Chamber were slightly flat footed when they sprinted past the 300m mark, but a gap opened outside the struggling Spiel and Clark asked his filly for the run.


 

My Lady's Chamber and Tim Clark clear with the chasers captured on screen, picture Sportpix, sportpix.com.au.

My Lady’s Chamber responded strongly and they came through to run away to a 1 1/4L victory. Crown Addiction (Dangerous) was second and Golden Thunderbird (Umatilla) third, the margin a short neck.

The time was slow 1.11.36, the final 600m in 34.97.

“She is entered for the Golden Slipper and her aunt (Regal Chamber) ran in the Slipper,” said Fred Peisah, owner of Lomar Park Stud who stands the sire Arena (Danehill).

Regal Chamber won the Group II Magic Night Stakes (1200m) held the week before the Golden Slipper, and then led in the 1997 Slipper before being overrun for third.


 

My Lady's Chamber and apprentice Tim Clark, picture Sportpix, sportpix.com.au.

Prain said it was unusual for the filly to be troublesome to load into the barriers, but Clark said that notwithstanding that she was first out and settled well.

“She has always shown me more than the average two-year-old,” said Prain.

My Lady’s Chamber is out of the Marauding mare Queen’s Suit giving the filly further AAMI Golden Slipper credentials with Marauding winning the Slipper in 1987.

This was her third race after placing second in each of the previous two, and she has now earned stakes of $62,000, plus a BOBS bonus of $20,000. She is owned by the Lomar Park Syndicate (Manager CL Krogh), CL Krogh and Mr and Mrs JR Park.

By Rob Burnet

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