Clarken on Adelaide Cup Path with Komachi after Premier’s Plate Success
Will Clarken will follow a proven path as he searches for a second successive Adelaide Cup with well-travelled galloper Komachi after claiming the Listed Premier's Plate at Morphettville on the weekend.
Coming off a narrow defeat in the Strathalbyn Cup six days earlier Komachi justified a strong push from punters to fight off Crimson Vine in the feature on the back of a brilliant ride by Rochelle Milnes.
“We’ll look to push towards an Adelaide Cup ’’ Clarken said post-race“The horse is in great form I wonder if he’s peaked. We’ll find out in the Lord Reims.“We’re going to have to go to another level he’s got a great pedigree and a big engine.“It was a really good ride from a sticky spot early ’’ he said.
Komachi was the first leg of a training treble for Clarken with former New South Wales mare Mic Drop maintaining her unbeaten record in SA with a third straight win while Thunder Shoc was successful later ...