A year on from being in their race of dreams, the Melbourne Cup, Joe Pride and Sam Clipperton have the dream horse.
There are races that jockeys and trainers dream about, but ultimately they dream about finding that champion horse. This time last year, Sam Clipperton and Joe Pride were focused on the dream race of the Melbourne Cup but didn’t know what was just around the corner.
Stockman ran in last year’s Rosehill Gold Cup before finishing in the first half of the Melbourne Cup field with Clipperton in the saddle, and he rides him in the same race on Saturday. “A year ago, I hadn’t even sat on him. It’s pretty wild. If we’ve done what we’ve done over a two-year period it would be good. It’s pretty unreal,” Clipperton said.
“We didn’t know how good Think About It was 12 months ago. We knew he had potential, but it has been a great ride with him and it hasn’t stopped yet.”
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