SAM CLIPPERTON
JockeyAustralia
Connections
- Country
- Australia
- First group win
- G1
Career Snapshot
- First ride
- 16 Jul 2010
- First win
- 01 Oct 2010
- Best horse
- THINK ABOUT ITRating 127
Biography
Beginning his career in 2010, Sam Clipperton was apprenticed to former champion jockey Ron Quinton at Randwick. Crowned champion New South Wales apprentice in 2012/13 and 2013/14 with 61 and 81 winners respectively, Sam Clipperton claimed his first Group 1 success for his former master on Peeping in the 2016 Coolmore Classic. Later in the year, Clipperton tasted Group 1 success once again on the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained English in the All Aged Stakes. In 2016 Clipperton took up a license to ride in Hong Kong, his first feature win coming on board Booming Delight in the 2017 Lion Rock Trophy.
Sam Clipperton is a jockey based in Australia.