Horse of the Week: Clearly Innocent

Published: 17 May 2016

Scone's local star - After winning the Luskin Star Stakes, Clearly Innocent is this week's Horse of the Week

Most of the punters on track only had eyes for one horse in the Luskin Star Stakes at Scone last Saturday. Local star CLEARLY INNOCENT paraded around the mounting yard with confidence, his long stride obvious even at walking pace.

He trotted out onto the lush turf, jumped well from the barriers and was too strong late for good group of city sprinters. It was a great performance after racing wider on the track, Stradbroke-bound MUSIC MAGNATE simply couldn't hold off his powerful finishing surge.

Breeding

Sired by Not A Single Doubt, from No Penalty (Sire of Dam, Zabeel)

Type

Four year old Bay Gelding born 3/10/2011

Features

Finishing Surge

Weaknesses

Prefers Galloping Room

Record

7 wins, 1 second from 9 starts. Total Prize-money of $508,375

Career Wins

14/5/16 – Horsepower Luskin Star Stakes at Scone over 1300m – Jockey Ms S Clenton
02/04/16 – The Country C’ship Final at Randwick over 1400m – Jockey Tommy Berry
22/03/16 – Segenhoe Stud at Scone over 1100m – Jockey Ms S Clenton
21/02/16 – H&Nwra Ctry C’ships Qualifier at Scone over 1400m – Jockey Tommy Berry
07/02/16 – Mudgee Florist at Mudgee over 1200m – Jockey Ms S Clenton
28/08/15 – Trusting @ Turangga Farm at Scone over 1100m – Jockey Ms S Clenton
09/08/15 – Isuzu Ute Scone Mdn Hcp at Scone over 900m – Jockey Ms S Clenton

Quick Facts

Trained by the popular cowboy hat wearing Scone trainer Greg Bennett
Saturday’s win at Scone was Samantha Clenton’s first stakes win
Clearly Innocent has won his last five starts and made it five wins from five starts at the Scone track
He's a big-striding horse that prefers galloping room so big fields remain a slight risk for him
He will be spelled now ahead of a Spring campaign with an eye on the 2017 Autumn, you can bet he will love the big Flemington track!