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Baker-Forsman arsenal building ahead of Australian raid

Posted on August 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Murray Baker knows what it takes to plunder marquee races in Australia and the astute horseman, who trains in partnership with Andrew Forsman, is once again honing-in on lucrative spring targets across the Tasman. A select team of horses will target features in Sydney and Melbourne as Baker looks to add to his[...]

Posted on July 28, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Madison County provided one of the season highlights for trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman when he scored in the Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas Photo: Race Images South Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have taken out their third straight National Trainers Premiership title and their fourth in the past five years[...]

Posted on July 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Veteran New Zealand trainer Murray Baker is looking ahead to the new season with several potential stars ready to trial at Te Rapa. Baker and his training partner Andrew Forsman have secured their third straight NZ premiership with their tally including a record 25 stakes wins. The duo sits on 112 wins with just one[...]

Posted on July 24, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Murray Baker is pleased with last start winner Vibrato heading into Saturday's Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (1200m) at the Levin Racing Club's race meeting at Otaki. The two-year-old son of Sacred Falls followed two trial wins and a luckless debut with a classy win over 1230m at Rotorua on June 26, leading from start[...]

Posted on July 16, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading hoop Matthew Cameron will finish the season as the highest earning jockey in New Zealand this term, and he put the cherry on his season with victory aboard Mac Attacka at Ruakaka on Saturday. His win aboard the Chris Gibbs and Michelle Bradley-trained gelding took his prizemoney for the season over the $3 million[...]

Posted on July 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on June 19, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on June 19, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

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)[...]

Posted on June 8, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Impeccably bred youngster Birdsong made a winning debut for the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman stable when she led all the way over 1200m in the opening event at Te Rapa. The Snitzel two-year-old had looked promising in her two trial runs before Saturday's contest and with the application of blinkers was primed for a[...]

Posted on June 2, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Heavy10 track conditions on offer at Ellerslie on Saturday were made to measure for promising winter galloper Elle Aye Are who registered her fourth career win when successful over 1600m in rating 82 company. The Rip Van Winkle four-year-old was having her fourth run in her current campaign and overcame a talented field to[...]

Posted on May 25, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman stable were expected to play a prominent role in Saturday's Listed Piazza D'Oro Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie, with five runners down to contest the two-year-old feature. Whilst the pair ultimately provided the quinella in the event it was the little-fancied Rhaegar who upset the applecart when he[...]

Posted on May 23, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Long Jack could enhance his stocks as a Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) contender with another bold performance in Saturday's Listed Piazza D'Oro Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie. A fast-finishing second at Matamata on debut when only getting clear running late in the straight, So You Think colt Long Jack spearheads a five-strong attack[...]

Posted on May 20, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on May 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising mare Hinerangi added another stakes victory to the record haul of trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman when she took out the Listed James Bull Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m) at Awapuni on Saturday. Raced in the colours of her breeder Christopher Grace, who owns the Fastnet Rock mare with wife Susanna, Hinerangi dominated the[...]

Posted on May 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tough stayer Zacada has bounced back from a disappointing Sydney carnival to win the Group Three Rotorua Cup and bring up a century of winners this season for New Zealand's premier stable. Runner-up in the 2018 Sydney Cup, the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Zacada carried 60kg in Saturday's win over Gobstopper in the 2200m-race.[...]

Posted on May 11, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Rugged stayer Zacada turned some below par form around when he out-toughed his rivals carrying 60kgs to take out the Group 3 Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua Cup (2200m). Having his first run since returning from a disappointing Sydney campaign that saw him finish well back in each of his three starts, the 2018 Group 1 Sydney[...]

Baker-Forsman arsenal building ahead of Australian raid

Premiership treble for Baker Forsman partnership

Baker/Forsman Gearing Up For Spring

Vibrato at concert pitch for Ryder Stakes

Cameron, the three million dollar man

Baker Hoping Rocks Turns Up Diamonds

Bobby Dee After Consolation Randwick Win

Plan B for Bobby Dee

Baker Forsman filly makes winning debut at Te Rapa

Elle Aye Are looks set for further winter spoils

Rhaegar upsets in Ellerslie two-year-old feature

Long Jack spearheads Baker-Forsman quintet

Baker pleased with Queensland Derby candidates

Cambridge visitor takes out Awapuni feature

Zacada Back To Best In Nz Group Three Win

Zacada back to best in Rotorua Cup

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