Henry S. Clark

Biography

Henry Clark, the grandson of trainer William Jennings, Sr., who won the 1887 Preakness Stakes with Dunboyne, was born into Maryland racing.

In a career that stretched into seven decades, Clark was best known for his association with the Christiana Stable of Harry Lunger and Jane du Pont Lunger, which began in 1947. Camargo was among  the early stakes winners Clark trained for the stable, and that filly later foaled the major Christiana winner Thinking Cap, conditioned by Clark to win the 1955 Travers Stakes.

Quite by coincidence, Clark developed a reputation as a trainer of fillies such as 1959 handicap champion mare Tempted; a pair of two-time Delaware Handicap winners in Obeah and Endine; Light Hearted, winner of six consecutive stakes at Delaware Park; plus the speedy Unity Hall.

Clark’s prowess with colts was illustrated by his major success with Cyane, a Belmont Futurity and Dwyer Stakes winner and later a major sire of Christiana winners, and Linkage, winner of the Blue Grass Stakes.

Overall, Clark trained 33 stakes winners. 

Achievements

Won the Delaware Handicap — 1958, 1959, 1969, 1970
Won the Maskette Handicap — 1958, 1960, 1973
Won the Massachusetts Handicap — 1964, 1965