Peter Clarke
Peter Clarke was based with Basingstoke trainer Jack Holt and enjoyed his one win for him when successful on the 12-year-old Clever Cobbler in the Alconbury Selling Handicap Hurdle at Huntingdon on August Bank Holiday Monday, August 28, 1967.
Clever Cobbler had not shown much form for a while but, in a tight three-way finish, he prevailed by a head from Clydes Romance, on which young Frank Byrne was having just his second ride in public, with the odds-on favourite Speedwell a neck further away in third.
There was no bid for the veteran at the post-race auction and that proved to be the last race of his career. As for Peter Clarke, he had a total of 19 rides during the campaign but, other than that solitary win, one third place was all he could muster. He did not renew his licence the following season.
