The Chosen One

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Cambridge trainers getting back in the groove

Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman is pleased to have horses trickling back into the stable after the month-long lockdown period and is taking positives from the late-season timing of the Covid-19 lockdown. With level 4 restrictions eased on Tuesday allowing horse training operations across the nation to commence once again, Forsman, who trains in partnership with[...]
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Quick Thinker to cap fine campaign

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman look forward to Saturdays even more than usual at present. With New Zealand likely into its final week of a month-long Alert Level 4 lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the training partners have been watching from afar as Quick Thinker and The Chosen One have represented the[...]
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Sydney Cup Facts And Figures

SYDNEY CUP 3200m, $2 million, handicap at Randwick HISTORY Sydney's premier staying event first run in 1866 when won by Yattendon Honour roll includes: The Barb (1868-69), Carbine (1889-90), Wakeful (1902), Eurythmic (1921), Rogilla (1933), Sailor's Guide (1956), Sharply (1961), Galilee (1967), Reckless (1977), Double Century (1979), Kingston Town (1980), Our Paddy Boy (1981), Tie[...]
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Bjorn Baker Flying Stable Flag At Rosehill

New Zealand's decision to cease racing because of the coronavirus crisis has left Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker as the custodian of his family's remaining horses. Baker's father is leading Kiwi horseman Murray Baker who, along with training partner Andrew Forsman, has closed his Cambridge operation in line with the country's racing shutdown. The only horses[...]
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True Enough at peak for Ellerslie

Ultra-consistent Cambridge galloper True Enough returns to the scene and conditions of his first Group 1 win when he contests Saturday's Group 1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie. A winner of nine of his 21 starts and only unplaced in three outings, Nom Du Jeu six-year-old True Enough was a winner of the[...]
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Gear change for Kiwi Cup hope

Trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will remove the blinkers from their Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) hope The Chosen One as they look to provide the four-year-old Savabeel entire with his best possible chance to win Australasia's great race. The Chosen One finished fifth in the Group 3 Hotham Handicap (2500m) on an unsuitable[...]
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