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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Wet Track A Query For Baker’s Bobby Dee
Most New Zealand horses relish rain-affected ground but trainer Bjorn Baker is not convinced that is the case for former Kiwi Bobby Dee. While the four-year-old is not hopeless in the wet having been placed on a heavy track at Randwick in June, his overall form on tracks rated slow or worse is mixed. Baker[...]
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Bobby Dee Sets Baker’s Week On Right Path
Bjorn Baker was a relieved man after former New Zealander Bobby Dee broke a frustrating run of near-misses for the stable to land a surprise win at Rosehill. The trainer had experienced a rough week with stakes-placed filly Let It Pour beaten at Gosford midweek as a $1.10 favourite and both Hinchbeast and Fun Fact[...]
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Baker Follows Proven Recipe With Youngster
Bjorn Baker is adopting the adage, ‘if it ain't broke, don't fix it' as Hinchbeast bids to replicate his debut win and shore up a Magic Millions Classic berth. The two-year-old will contest Saturday's Drinkwise Plate (1100m) at Rosehill over the same track and distance he scored at last month. The colt mustered speed from[...]
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Baker Hoping Rocks Turns Up Diamonds
Trainer Bjorn Baker will have two runners at Randwick but he will happily lay claim to a third if his father's horse Bobby Dee can break his Australian maiden. A Group Two placegetter in New Zealand, Bobby Dee is trained by Baker's father Murray in partnership with Andrew Forsman and has been boarding with Baker[...]
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Bobby Dee After Consolation Randwick Win
Talented New Zealand three-year-old Bobby Dee will be looking for a consolation win in Australia when he runs at Randwick after missing the ballot in the Queensland Debry and Brisbane cup, The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Bobby Dee will take on older rivals in Saturday's Schweppes Handicap (2000m). “He travelled down to Sydney last[...]
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Plan B for Bobby Dee
Connections of talented three-year-old stayer Bobby Dee are looking to Randwick on Saturday as plan B after the gelding was stranded on the ballot for both the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) and Group 2 Brisbane Cup (2400m). The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained runner will take on older gallopers in Saturday's Schweppes Handicap (2000m)[...]
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Baker pleased with Queensland Derby candidates
An exhibition gallop at the Gold Coast on Saturday by Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) candidate Lord Arthur has Cambridge trainer Murray Baker pleased with his progress as he gets set for the Brisbane Group 1 feature next month. Baker and co-trainer Andrew Forsman have taken Lord Arthur and stablemate Bobby Dee to Queensland in[...]
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