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Overpass thrashes rivals in Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes

Posted on December 3, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bjorn Baker's Overpass claimed a deserved Group 1 victory when making a mess of his rivals in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m). Having claimed The Quokka (1200m) earlier in the year, Overpass added another Ascot 1200m feature event to his name, this time with Group 1 status next to it. Overpass hadn't been seen[...]

Posted on November 4, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Rachel King has made history at Flemington on Saturday, becoming the first female jockey to secure victory in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m). She made every post a winner aboard the Bjorn Baker-trained colt Ozzmosis ($16.00), allowing him to stride freely down the straight six-furlongs, leading his rivals along at a solid tempo.[...]

Posted on October 14, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Joshua Parr & Bjorn Baker have combined in the last race at Randwick on Saturday, claiming the Group 3 Angst Stakes (1600m) with Renaissance Woman (). It was a sensational ride from Parr, finding a mid-field position with cover aboard the daughter of Reliable Man, allowing her to travel strongly throughout the 1600m journey. The[...]

Posted on September 21, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Australian Turf Club has partnered with the Western Australia based RAM Racing Syndicate for the $20 million Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday October 14. The ATC/Ram Racing slot will be taken by the Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass, managed by prominent NSW and Western Sydney-based syndicator Darby Racing for a large group of owners.[...]

Posted on June 2, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leading Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker is hoping to get one up over his old mates from Cambridge at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The expat Kiwi, who is currently fifth on the Sydney Trainer's Premiership, will saddle in-form filly Renaissance Woman in Saturday's Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm. With the scratching on Thursday[...]

Posted on May 7, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand-bred filly Renaissance Woman burst into contention for next month's Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) with an outstanding come-from-behind victory in Saturday's Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) on the Sunshine Coast. This was the first race outside Group company this season for Renaissance Woman, who began her three-year-old campaign with a couple of eye-catching[...]

Posted on April 15, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass has held off the fast-finishing Amelia's Jewel to claim the inaugural edition of The Quokka. Having set a breakneck tempo out in front, the NSW-based Overpass kept finding under urgings from Josh Parr to hold off three-year-old filly Amelia's Jewel by the barest of margins. Baker had opted to bypass the[...]

Posted on March 25, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Rachel King and Bjorn Baker have repeated the dose on Arapaho after combining in the Listed Canberra Cup, they've found success in the Group 1 Tancred Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday afternoon. It was a race of tactics as Knights Order took up his regular role of leading throughout the 2400m contest and never settled[...]

Posted on October 15, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Renaissance Woman and Josh Parr have taken out the Ethereal Stakes over Foxy Cleopatra and the runaway leader Pavitra, who stuck on for third. Both Renaissance Woman and Foxy Cleopatra came from the very back of the field and rounded the bend five and six wide getting out to what looked to be the better[...]

Posted on October 5, 2022
in Singapore Horse Racing News

Expatriate New Zealand horsewoman Donna Logan has regained the lead in the Singapore Trainers' Premiership in what is shaping as a race going right down to the wire. Logan is in her first season as Te Akau's Singapore trainer following the return home of Mark Walker, who topped the trainers' ladder on four occasions before[...]

Posted on September 17, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Seven-year-old gelding Kiss The Bride continued on his merry winning way at Randwick on Saturday afternoon under a positive ride from Dylan Gibbons. A winner over the course and distance a fortnight ago, this time the promising apprentice sent the Bjorn Baker-trained son of Savabeel straight to the lead in the Shoot Out Mile (1600m) and rated[...]

Posted on September 17, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

He beat the great Nature Strip in his trial on September 1, so his winning odds of $18 with Ladbrokes are very generous. That is the opinion of Bjorn Baker – who trains Overpass – heading into the $1 million The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday. “You become very biased when it's your own horse. I think he's[...]

Posted on August 20, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Bjorn Baker is looking forward to stepping out Belluci Babe in the Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday, where he is looking for an improved performance from the mare. Carrying the silks of breeder-owners Little Avondale Stud, the daughter of Per Incanto put in a subpar unplaced run in the Group 2[...]

Posted on May 14, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

In his typical larger-than-life style, Bjorn Baker would have celebrated his win with plenty of feeling after Bring The Ransom took out the $200,000 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) at Scone. Particularly when it wasn't the horse everyone was expecting to triumph, the five-year-old mare a $51 outsider's winning chance with online betting sites. Baker spoke more[...]

Posted on May 13, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bjorn Baker was slapping high-fives and punching the air after Exotic Ruby’s win on the line in the Hawkesbury Crown two weeks ago, and the trainer confident she can do it again in the AU$200,000 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) on Saturday at Scone in New South Wales, Australia.

Posted on May 3, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Andrew Forsman woke up on Sunday morning with the realisation that whatever happens in his Cambridge stable from now on, the buck stops with him. Forsman has trained in partnership with Murray Baker for the past 10 years after starting his association with the legendary horseman just under 20 years ago. Initially,[...]

Posted on April 30, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Exotic Ruby's supreme fitness came to the fore for her to triumph on the line in the $175,000 Hawkesbury Crown (1300m). Her condition was why trainer Bjorn Baker always believed she'd perform in the Heavy 9 conditions. Particularly when her last start was a fighting third in the $130,000 Catanach's Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on[...]

Overpass thrashes rivals in Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes

Ozzmosis wins Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes

Renaissance Woman storms over the top to claim Angst Stakes

Overpass secures Everest slot

Kiwis a threat to Baker’s Renaissance

Renaissance Woman sparkles in Bracelet

Overpass claims inaugural running of The Quokka

Arapaho claims his first Group 1 in Tancred Stakes upset

Renaissance Woman firms in Oaks betting following Ethereal win

Logan back in front in premiership nailbiter

Kiss The Bride continues winning ways

Overpass looking to build on autumn success

Baker expecting Belluci Babe to bounce back at Randwick

Bring The Ransom causes massive upset in Dark Jewel Classic

Exotic Ruby heads Baker chances on Dark Jewel Day

Forsman ready for solo challenge as training legend steps down

Exotic Ruby finishes the best to win Hawkesbury Crown

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