Baker Positive His Mare Is The Real Deal
Trainer Bjorn Baker will head to Rosehill will two emerging mares who he hopes can develop into stable flag bearers this spring.
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Josh Parr Returns A Winner At Randwick
Josh Parr has made a triumphant return to Sydney racing at Randwick, three months after being sidelined with a debilitating nerve disorder. The Group One-winning jockey had not ridden in town since May 13 after being diagnosed with brachial neuritis, an uncommon affliction which causes severe pain and loss of nerve function. Prior to the[...]
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New season off to a flying start for Baker
Ex-pat Kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker enjoyed a breakout season at the metropolitan level in Sydney over the past twelve months and continued that momentum on Saturday with a winning double at Randwick. Promising Savabeel five-year-old Kiss The Bride showed plenty of grit to out-stay his rivals over 1800m on the Heavy9 Randwick surface before Off[...]
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Royal Banquet Claims His First City Win
Lightly raced Royal Banquet has stepped up to midweek city grade and continued his winning run this winter to give emerging Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle his first metropolitan winner at Warwick Farm. The rising four-year-old gelding made it four wins from five career starts, and three victories from as many starts this preparation since joining[...]
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Edison Shines Bright As Travest Goes Under
Three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Glen Boss has labelled Randwick as one of the wettest tracks he has ridden on after guiding Edison through the mud in the opening race. The surface was officially put up as a heavy 9 on Saturday but Boss was adamant it was further along the scale. “It’s one of[...]
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Randwick Team To Build On Baker’s Season
A breakout season could get even better for Bjorn Baker when the trainer heads to Randwick with a team of well-credentialled horses. Baker is enjoying his best term, this month bringing up a milestone 50 metropolitan winners, smashing his previous season best tally of 38. A Group One Winx Stakes victory by Samadoubt was a[...]
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Soldier Of Love After Three-Straight Wins
Progressive gelding Soldier Of Love is scheduled to return to the scene of his most recent victory aiming to add to an already successful campaign. The Bjorn Baker-trained Soldier Of Love is among a capacity field of 14 plus six emergencies for Saturday’s De Bortoli Wines Handicap at Rosehill in which he will have to[...]
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Irithea Set For Group 2 Dane Ripper In Brisbane
Having pinpointed the Dane Ripper Stakes as the most suitable option for Irithea during this year’s revised Queensland winter carnival, Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker believes the mare is on track to give the Group Two race a shake. Irithea is coming off a last-start win in the Group Three Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) for fillies[...]
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Back-To-Back City Wins For Soldier Of Love
Jockey Rachel King is building a handy record aboard progressive gelding Soldier Of Love, with the pair joining forces for another city win at Rosehill. The Bjorn Baker-trained Soldier Of Love is working his way through the grades and took his overall record to six wins from 15 starts with a professional display in Saturday’s[...]
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Baker’s Stable Gem Irithea Wins Dark Jewel
Trainer Bjorn Baker has long coveted a win in the Dark Jewel Classic and he has finally got it with tough-as-nails mare Irithea. The race took a different shape this year, moved from its traditional Scone venue to Rosehill due to COVID-19 protocol restrictions but was no less thrilling. Dominated by the horses on-speed, Irithea[...]
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Soldier Of Love Wins In Roughhouse Finish
Bjorn Baker almost gave up on Soldier Of Love after an inglorious debut at Bathurst but happily for the trainer, the owners convinced him to persist. The gelding has continued to go from strength to strength, landing his first Saturday-class win in a drama-packed Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service Handicap (1400m) at Randwick. As favourite Subpoenaed[...]
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Canasta Could Be The Ace In Baker’s Pack
Bjorn Baker has adopted the motto ‘you’ve got to be in it to win it’ as he prepares a young team of largely untapped horses to face class tests at Randwick. Sydney race fields traditionally soften at this time of year with the autumn carnival stars in the paddock and most of the remaining talent[...]
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In-Form Positive Peace Earns Group 1 Tilt
Positive Peace has exceeded her trainer’s expectations during her summer and autumn winning spree which has earned the in-form mare a crack at the Group One Coolmore Legacy Stakes. The Bjorn Baker-trained four-year-old will be chasing her sixth straight win when she steps up to the elite level for the first time in Saturday’s 1600m[...]
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Eric The Eel Confirmed For Sydney
Brisbane three-year-old Eric The Eel has been given the green light to head to Sydney for the Australian Derby under revised coronavirus protocols for transporting horses. Trainer Stuart Kendrick waited until consulting all the owners on Sunday afternoon before making the decision to head south. Kendrick had planned to take Eric The Eel to Sydney[...]
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Positive Peace Claims Emancipation Stakes
Progressive mare Positive Peace has continued a rise through the grades to capture her fifth straight win in the Group Two Emancipation Stakes at Rosehill. With her trainer Bjorn Baker cheering from his lounge room rather than on track, Positive Peace took the step up to stakes level in her stride to dominate Saturday’s 1500m[...]
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Bjorn Baker Flying Stable Flag At Rosehill
New Zealand’s decision to cease racing because of the coronavirus crisis has left Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker as the custodian of his family’s remaining horses. Baker’s father is leading Kiwi horseman Murray Baker who, along with training partner Andrew Forsman, has closed his Cambridge operation in line with the country’s racing shutdown. The only horses[...]
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Missybeel Races To Epona Stakes Victory
Five-year-old Missybeel has landed a valuable stakes win with an upset victory in the Group Three Epona Stakes at Rosehill. The Bjorn Baker-trained mare enjoyed a good run behind leader Greysful Glamour in Saturday’s 1900m race for fillies and mares before peeling out at the top of the straight to make her challenge. With Tim[...]
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