The 37-year-old former jockey has only been training just over four years and will head to Mackay on Tuesday hoping to improve his record with possibly four starters.
From 135 starters this season, Clinton Taylor has chalked up 43 wins for a strike rate of 31.9 per cent to be the state's best.
"I've been training for about four and a half years and we've been around this mark for the last three years," Taylor said.
"But, none of it's possible without a good team of staff behind you."
Taylor, who still dreams of moving to the big smoke in Brisbane in the future, has four runners entered for Mackay but is weighing up whether to start promising sprinter Rovers Pepper in the Class 3 Plate over 1300 metres.
Rovers Pepper was a $12,000 buy at an online Inglis auction after struggling in four starts for trainer Annabel Neasham in the Sydney region.
The four-year-old is unbeaten in two starts for Taylor, winning by more than seven lengths on debut in an 1100 metre maiden at Mackay last month, before leading all the way for a near four length win in a 1200 metre Class 1 at Townsville on March 9.
"He'll be hard to beat again if he starts but I'm not sure what do to with him just yet after he drew the outside barrier," Taylor said.
"I probably won't make a decision until race morning but he's a very nice horse who I hope can go through the grades.
"It's a sticky draw so I'll nominate him for Rockhampton on Friday as well and take it from there."
Taylor also is hopeful top weight Edification can repeat his last start Townsville victory in the Benchmark 70 Handicap over 1560 metres.
"He's been going through the grades as well and he seems to like racing up this way," he said.
"I got him off Maryann Brosnan at the Gold Coast and he's had two wins and three placings in five starts for me."
Taylor has a team of 37 horses in work, including star sprinter Chinny Boom, who will make her comeback against her own age at Doomben on Saturday week.
"She's going great and is being set for the Listed Mick Dittman Plate," Taylor said.
"I want to see how she handles the grade leading into the winter races before making any definite plans with her.
"Divine Purpose has won three of her four starts for me and she'll also go down with Chinny Boom."
