Samadoubt

Samadoubt back in the Group One fold

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

There was a time when trainer Bjorn Baker feared Samadoubt's racing career might be over but the gallant gelding has fought his way back to fitness and into the Group One arena. The seven-year-old will line up in the Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday, his first start since suffering a tendon injury following[...]

Posted on January 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two of the country's fastest horses, Bivouac and Nature Strip, have continued their autumn build up in a barrier trial at Rosehill.

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 February 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Emerging stayer She's Ideel can help fill a void left in the Bjorn Baker stable which is missing two of its stars. Group One winner Samadoubt is on the injured list while the outstanding Champagne Cuddles has been retired after suffering an injury in a race on Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast. She's[...]

Posted on January 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Losing two of his best horses to injury within days of one another has been a cruel start to the year for Bjorn Baker but the in-form trainer says the show must go on. Champagne Cuddles, a dual Group winner and four-time Group One placegetter, has been retired after suffering a rare and career-ending leg[...]

Posted on January 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Just days after Champagne Cuddles suffered a career-ending injury, her Group One-winning stablemate Samadoubt is out for an indefinite time with a damaged tendon. Trainer Bjorn Baker said the six-year-old front runner, who beat Happy Clapper to win the Winx Stakes in August, had strained the tendon. He had been scheduled to run in a[...]

Posted on October 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bjorn Baker cannot fault the free-wheeling Samadoubt ahead of the gelding's quest to win a third feature race at Randwick in as many months. Samadoubt led all the way to cause a boilover in the Group One Winx Stakes (1400m) in August and showed the performance was no fluke when he backed it up with[...]

Posted on September 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tim Clark does not know how Samadoubt will handle a heavy track in the Group One George Main Stakes but he does know the horse is fit and in the form of his life. The Bjorn Baker-trained gelding has been a revelation this spring, stamping himself as the form weight-for-age horse in Sydney with a[...]

Posted on September 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bjorn Baker has started the season better than any other since he took up training in Sydney after a stint with his father Murray in New Zealand. The flag bearer for his Warwick Farm stable has been surprise packet Samadoubt who is so far a Group One and Group Two winner from two starts this[...]

Posted on September 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealander Te Akau Shark remains favourite for the Epsom Handicap with 83 nominations taken for the famous Randwick mile. Te Akau Shark is at $5 after finishing second to Doncaster Mile runner-up Dreamforce in Saturday's Tramway Stakes. Dreamforce is at $6 with the TAB for the Epsom (1600m) with Samadoubt at $8 following his[...]

Posted on September 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tim Clark has declared Samadoubt the latest benchmark of weight-for-age racing in Sydney after the bold frontrunner annihilated his Chelmsford Stakes rivals to maintain his unbeaten record this campaign. Like he did first-up in the Group One Winx Stakes, Samadoubt ($10) found the lead and Clark clicked him up a gear coming to the home[...]

Posted on September 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A boilover winner of the Group One Winx Stakes, Samadoubt will return to the scene of his greatest triumph in a bid to claim a few more high-profile scalps in the Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick. And trainer Bjorn Baker will not be surprised to see a repeat performance. Samadoubt led his rivals a merry dance[...]

Posted on August 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tim Clark has pulled off a major upset in the first Group One race of the season with a bold front-running ride aboard Samadoubt to win the Winx Stakes at Randwick. Leaving some of Australia's best weight-for-age stars in his wake, Samadoubt ($31) took up the running, picked up the tempo approaching the turn and[...]

Posted on August 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dual Group One winner Avilius has stamped his authority on a barrier trial at Rosehill ahead of his spring return. One of several Godolphin stars to step out on Tuesday, Avilius was ridden by Hong Kong-bound Blake Shinn and overhauled Special Missile easily near the post to win by half a length. Return options for[...]

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