Mustang Valley

Mustang Valley excels in Awapuni feature

Posted on September 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Impressive last start Hastings winner Mustang Valley lifted her game several notches on Saturday as she claimed her first success at stakes level when taking out the Group 3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1550m) at Awapuni. The four-year-old daughter of Vanbrugh had been competitive at the highest level during her three-year-old campaign where she numbered[...]

Posted on September 12, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Jockey Craig Grylls joined a select group of riders on Saturday when piloting Mustang Valley to victory in the last at Hastings. It brought up Grylls' 1000th win in the saddle in New Zealand, joining his father Gary and 35 other jockeys in reaching the milestone. “I am very happy, it was a great result,”[...]

Posted on March 1, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will be represented by a trio of Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) contenders at Ellerslie this weekend with White Noise given the nod as their top seed. The Cambridge trainers will be chasing their third victory in Saturday's feature, having prepared Mongolian Khan to triumph in 2015 and[...]

Posted on December 24, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Top-class jockey Vinnie Colgan will be reunited with quality mare Two Illicit in the Group 1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Sunday and should the Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained five-year-old salute, no one would begrudge the veteran hoop success. Two Illicit enters the Ellerslie contest on the back of a devastating win in[...]

Posted on November 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Mustang Valley is at the top of her game for her Group One test at Riccarton on Saturday with connections hoping for a final piece of the puzzle to make the Classic a snug fit for the daughter of Vanbrugh. The filly is in sound form and expected to relish the step up in trip[...]

Posted on October 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have set their sights on another Derby triumph in Australia. In the past 11 years, the stable has had success in seven trans-Tasman Derbys, including the 2010 Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington with Lion Tamer. Baker and Forsman this week entered both Samarkand and Daario for[...]

Posted on September 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A week ago, the chances of talented four-year-old Frontman contesting the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings looked slim, but a host of contributing factors have resulted in a change of heart. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained four-year-old ventures to Hawke's Bay for the first Group One contest of the New Zealand racing[...]

Posted on June 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising New Zealand two-year-old Mustang Valley justified some heavy support from punters when she cruised to victory over 1200m at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained filly was sent out a warm favourite () after finishing an eye-catching second on debut at Matamata last month, which was followed up by a[...]

Posted on May 29, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are poised for further late-season juvenile success as they take a dual-pronged attack on Saturday's Listed Mainland Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie with Mustang Valley and Samarkand. The stable has already sent out impressive back-end two-year-old Turn The Ace to win at stakes level, and there[...]

Mustang Valley excels in Awapuni feature

Grylls joins 1000 win club

White Noise heads stable’s Derby attack

Colgan eager to make up for lost Group One

Mustang Valley on song for Guineas

Baker and Forsman throw in dual entry for Victoria Derby

Frontman a leading light at Hawke’s Bay

Mustang Valley provides sire with first winner

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