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The Singapore Turf Club has granted leading South Australian apprentice Raquel Clark a three-week licence to ride at Kranji.

Clark, 25, will be riding at Kranji from May 27 until June 17.

She is the 10th Dux of the South Australian Apprentice Academy to be the beneficiary of a short riding experience at Kranji as part of an agreement between Thoroughbred Racing South Australia and the Singapore Turf Club.

Previous Dux winners to ride at Kranji under the agreement have been Amy Herrmann, Libby Hopwood, Jordan Frew, Krystal Bishop, Jamie Kah, Jake Toeroek, Sigrid Carr, Matthew Poon and Emily Finnegan.

Tasmania-born Clark began her riding career in her home state where she rode 90 winners before transferring her indentures to Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas in Adelaide in 2017.

She was crowned Adelaide’s champion apprentice last season and is currently leading both the Metropolitan (40 winners) and SA riding premierships (114 winners).

Clark, who has ridden more than 300 winners, will be indentured to trainer Shane Baertschiger at Kranji.

She will be permitted claim 1kg in races while riding in Singapore.