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Positive Peace Ploughs Through The Mud

Posted on October 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Bjorn Baker-trained Positive Peace has bounced back to winning form, posting another black-type win in heavy conditions at Randwick

Posted on October 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Bjorn Baker hopes to continue his recent run of success with four horses engaged at the Bondi Stakes meeting at Randwick.

Posted on October 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of stakes winner Irithea have decided to race on for another season in the hope the mare can pass a significant benchmark.

Posted on October 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Bjorn Baker is satisfied She's Ideel will cope with a seven-day turnaround as she prepares to face her toughest assignment yet at Randwick.

Posted on September 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Bjorn Baker will head to Rosehill will two emerging mares who he hopes can develop into stable flag bearers this spring.

Posted on August 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on August 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on July 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on July 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on June 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on June 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on June 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on May 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on May 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on May 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on May 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on April 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Positive Peace Ploughs Through The Mud

Baker To Cook Up More Carnival Success

Irithea Chasing Prize Money Milestone

St Leger To Provide Ideel Autumn Platform

Baker Positive His Mare Is The Real Deal

Josh Parr Returns A Winner At Randwick

New season off to a flying start for Baker

Royal Banquet Claims His First City Win

Edison Shines Bright As Travest Goes Under

Randwick Team To Build On Baker’s Season

Soldier Of Love After Three-Straight Wins

Irithea Set For Group 2 Dane Ripper In Brisbane

Back-To-Back City Wins For Soldier Of Love

Baker’s Stable Gem Irithea Wins Dark Jewel

Soldier Of Love Wins In Roughhouse Finish

Canasta Could Be The Ace In Baker’s Pack

In-Form Positive Peace Earns Group 1 Tilt

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