Samarkand

Mustang Valley on song for Guineas

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 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Aegon's co-trainer and part-owner Andrew Forsman can only hope Lady Luck will be riding on jockey Jason Collett's shoulder in their quest for a share of Rosehill's pot of gold this weekend. Everything had gone according to script for the four-year-old's tilt at Saturday's AUD$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) until the barrier draw landed him[...]

Posted on October 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A barnstorming finish for second behind Delphi in Saturday's Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) at Caulfield indicated the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained The Chosen One is right at his peak for a third tilt at the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) this coming weekend. The six-year-old Savabeel entire finished a gallant third behind[...]

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 28, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Murray Baker knows he's got a good three-year-old staying prospect in Samarkand, an outstanding winner at Tauranga on Sunday. What he doesn't know is what to do with him next. Baker, who trains at Cambridge with Andrew Forsman, clearly had a strong opinion of Samarkand from an early stage. The son of Mongolian Khan ran[...]

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

Connections of high-class New Zealand four-year-old Aegon are favouring a start in the AUD$1 million Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday week as the kick-off point for the athletic gelding's spring campaign. The son of Sacred Falls has won five of his seven career starts including the Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m),[...]

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[...]

Posted on April 23, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Andrew Forsman has only just returned to New Zealand after overseeing the final preparations of his team competing in The Championships in Sydney, but he is hoping it won't be too long until he is back across the Tasman. Forsman and training partner Murray Baker will have a strong contingent at Ellerslie on Saturday, including[...]

Mustang Valley on song for Guineas

Stable praying for luck in Golden Eagle

The Chosen One on target for third Caulfield Cup tilt

Baker and Forsman throw in dual entry for Victoria Derby

Samarkand showcases staying talent

Memsie Stakes favoured for Aegon

No slowing Mustang down

Queensland campaign in the offing for exciting three-year-olds

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