Belle of the Ball's Last Dance

Stradbroke's winning jockey Clark eyeing 2nd Group 1 in season's last, the Tattersall's Tiara

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BRISBANE - Fresh from his Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap triumph, Tim Clark has set his sights on another Queensland feature.

An opportunity to link with the fresh horse on the scene has convinced the leading Sydney jockey to pin his final Group 1 hopes of the season on Victorian-trained mare Grinzinger Belle in the $700,000 (S$580,000) Group 1 Tattersall's Tiara (1,400m) at Eagle Farm on June 28.

Clark, who won his second Stradbroke Handicap (1,600m) two weeks ago aboard War Machine (first was Alligator Blood in 2022), has never ridden Grinzinger Belle in a race.

But, having assessed her form, he is warming to the Shamexpress four-year-old having the right profile for the final major of the 2024-25 Australian racing term.

"My manager was keen. He had a look at the potential make-up of the field and she is the fresh horse on the scene," said Clark.

"The mares that have been racing up there have been taking turns a bit and there isn't a lot between them, so we looked outside the square a bit."