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In a stellar season for Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker, one goal still stands out from the rest. And Baker believes it is the greatest training challenge: winning the Golden Slipper.
Baker’s stable has enjoyed a phenomenal season, scoring 67 metropolitan winners at a strike rate of 22.8 per cent to sit behind only premier trainer Chris Waller (98) in the premiership and 25 victories ahead of the next best.
Jason Collett takes Within The Law down the outside to win the Sweet Embrace Stakes at Randwick on March 1.Credit: Getty Images
On top of that, Baker won the $3 million Magic Millions Classic for two-year-olds with O’ Ole in January.
While that filly has been lost to the Slipper with injury, Baker is confident another, Within The Law, is up to the challenge in the $5 million Golden Slipper on Saturday at Rosehill.
“I’ve only had the two runners [in the Golden Slipper], a long time ago, and they ran ninth and 10th, so definitely the race is one as a trainer you do dream about, especially a Sydney-based trainer. It’s an iconic Sydney race,” Baker said.
“Two-year-old training is definitely a challenge. Your older horses, you tend to find out over time what works, but with two-year-olds it’s probably a lot more instinct and a lot more assessing your horse day to day.
“Sometimes you can have them there one day and they are gone the next, so it’s definitely tricky, and you need a good horse to start with, no doubt about it.
“And sometimes you never quite know. O’ Ole from day one she was electric, very fast, but Within The Law is a lot more casual in the way she does things, and she saves her best for race day.
“As a Sydney-based trainer, the Golden Slipper is the biggest two-year-old race by far, but the Magic Millions is probably second in a lot of ways, especially related to the sales, so we’re very lucky to have two very good fillies in the stable.”
In a stellar season for Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker, one goal still stands out from the rest. And Baker believes it is the greatest training challenge: winning the Golden Slipper.
Baker’s stable has enjoyed a phenomenal season, scoring 67 metropolitan winners at a strike rate of 22.8 per cent to sit behind only premier trainer Chris Waller (98) in the premiership and 25 victories ahead of the next best.
Jason Collett takes Within The Law down the outside to win the Sweet Embrace Stakes at Randwick on March 1.Credit: Getty Images
On top of that, Baker won the $3 million Magic Millions Classic for two-year-olds with O’ Ole in January.
While that filly has been lost to the Slipper with injury, Baker is confident another, Within The Law, is up to the challenge in the $5 million Golden Slipper on Saturday at Rosehill.
“I’ve only had the two runners [in the Golden Slipper], a long time ago, and they ran ninth and 10th, so definitely the race is one as a trainer you do dream about, especially a Sydney-based trainer. It’s an iconic Sydney race,” Baker said.
“Two-year-old training is definitely a challenge. Your older horses, you tend to find out over time what works, but with two-year-olds it’s probably a lot more instinct and a lot more assessing your horse day to day.
“Sometimes you can have them there one day and they are gone the next, so it’s definitely tricky, and you need a good horse to start with, no doubt about it.
“And sometimes you never quite know. O’ Ole from day one she was electric, very fast, but Within The Law is a lot more casual in the way she does things, and she saves her best for race day.
“As a Sydney-based trainer, the Golden Slipper is the biggest two-year-old race by far, but the Magic Millions is probably second in a lot of ways, especially related to the sales, so we’re very lucky to have two very good fillies in the stable.”
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