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MURRAY BAKER & ANDREW FORSMAN

  • New Zealand

Record breakers Murray Baker (left) and Andrew Forsman.

Murray Baker has been one of New Zealand's leading trainers for many years. In that time he has won well over 150 stakes races.

Murray began training in the mid 1980's in Woodville, New Zealand. He was quick to produce a good horse with Wellington Derby and New Zealand St Leger winner Sir Vigilant. 

In 2000 Murray decided to relocate to Cambridge and once again was quick to produce big results with Prized Gem winning the Brisbane Cup and Kelt Capital Stakes in 2002. She would end up producing Nom Du Jeu who would win an Australian Derby for Baker (in partnership with his son Bjorn) and he has won that very race four times.

He is one of the few New Zealand trainers to not only train a Group 1 winner in New Zealand, but also four states of Australia (VIC, NSW, SA and QLD).

They also had Lion Tamer win the Victoria Derby for the stable in 2010 and Murray became one of the few trainers to train the winner of both the AJC and VRC Derby. 

In recent years, with Bjorn Baker branching out by himself, Murray joined forces with Andrew Forsman, him having worked with the stable for a long time as foreman.
The pair has had good success since that time saddling up multiple Group 1 winners including Bonneval and Jon Snow.

First Runner  03 Aug 2011
The Hague (NZ)  
Tauranga (NZ)  |  Ultimate Motor Group Hwt (70)
First Win  27 Aug 2011
Twilight Savings (NZ)
Hastings (NZ)  |  N Z Bloodstock Insurance (90)
Best Horse :
DUNDEEL  (Timeform Rating 129)
HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE)  STAREEL (NZ)  [By ZABEEL (NZ)]
First Group Win (G1):
LION TAMER  (17 Sep 2011)
STORMING HOME (GB)  LIONESS (NZ)  [By GENEROUS (IRE)]

MURRAY BAKER & ANDREW FORSMAN's Career

Latest Runners

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM USD $ Jockey Time
11 of 11 30 Apr 2022 TE R DEAR JOHN LINCOLN 20/1 2 OPEN 6 f $19526 MATTHEW CAMERON 1:11.03
6 of 10 29 Apr 2022 ARAW SACHIN 18/1 3U MDN 7 ¾ f $8261 JONATHAN RIDDELL 1:37.41
11 of 12 29 Apr 2022 ARAW THE FINNSTER 20/1 3U MDN 7 f $8261 MATTHEW CAMERON 1:22.62
9 of 12 29 Apr 2022 ARAW GOOD OIL 25/1 3U MDN 7 f $7510 MATTHEW CAMERON 1:22.69
8 of 10 29 Apr 2022 ARAW CHA DES 20/1 3 MDN 6 f $8261 MATTHEW CAMERON 1:14.14
10 of 10 25 Apr 2022 AVON SETTLE PETAL 18/1 3UFM MDN 1 m $8261 MATTHEW CAMERON 1:42.76
2 of 10 25 Apr 2022 AVON MEDINA 4/1 2F OPEN 6 f $9012 MATTHEW CAMERON 1:16.09
8 of 14 25 Apr 2022 AVON CASPER 18/1 3U MDN 1 m $8261 ELEN NICHOLAS 1:41.10
3 of 15 23 Apr 2022 PUKE TRUE ENOUGH 33/1 OPEN G3 1 m $83361 JONATHAN RIDDELL 1:34.73
4 of 10 23 Apr 2022 PUKE SAINT BATHANS 17/2 3 OPEN G2 1 ⁵⁄₁₆ m $78104 CRAIG GRYLLS 2:10.10
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Jockey Statistics

Last 100 Rides
Career
Jockey Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MATTHEW CAMERON 4 13.8% 6 34.5% 29 $410,831 2 0 0 0 $0.91
RYAN ELLIOT 3 33.3% 1 44.4% 9 $78,576 0 0 0 1 $1.20
KOZZI ASANO 2 33.3% 0 33.3% 6 $57,980 0 0 0 0 $4.07
SAM WEATHERLEY 2 50.0% 1 75.0% 4 $25,549 0 0 0 0 $1.88
JONATHAN RIDDELL 1 16.7% 2 50.0% 6 $22,550 0 0 0 0 $0.77
MICHAEL MCNAB 1 20.0% 0 20.0% 5 $8,118 0 0 0 0 $3.12
OPIE BOSSON 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $31,605 0 0 0 0 $0.97
ELEN NICHOLAS 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $7,557 0 0 0 0 $2.95
NIRANJAN PARMAR 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $15,972 0 0 0 0 $12.60
CRAIG GRYLLS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 14 $16,913 0 0 0 0 -
WIREMU PINN 0 0.0% 3 75.0% 4 $4,231 0 0 0 0 -
MASAHIRO HASHIZUME 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $3,033 0 0 0 0 -
HUGH BOWMAN 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $145,000 0 0 0 0 -
VINNIE COLGAN 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $20,700 0 0 0 0 -
JAMIE KAH 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $17,700 0 0 0 0 -
Jockey Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MATTHEW CAMERON 320 18.1% 455 43.9% 1767 $7,773,299 9 9 8 14 $0.88
OPIE BOSSON 135 22.1% 176 51.0% 610 $8,169,601 8 9 5 4 $0.82
JONATHAN RIDDELL 60 14.7% 101 39.4% 409 $1,334,223 1 1 4 1 $0.88
CRAIG GRYLLS 54 13.4% 85 34.4% 404 $1,178,226 0 4 2 2 $1.09
MICHAEL COLEMAN 40 13.5% 67 36.0% 297 $1,106,248 0 1 4 3 $0.60
DANIELLE JOHNSON 36 13.7% 56 35.1% 262 $826,507 0 1 2 1 $0.69
LISA ALLPRESS 28 18.9% 44 48.6% 148 $902,669 1 2 4 1 $0.74
JAMES MCDONALD 20 34.5% 17 63.8% 58 $5,600,491 7 1 2 0 $1.43
JOHNATHON PARKES 17 18.3% 19 38.7% 93 $393,243 0 1 1 1 $0.75
LEITH INNES 14 16.7% 16 35.7% 84 $1,189,605 2 2 1 3 $0.91
TROY HARRIS 13 29.5% 12 56.8% 44 $331,793 0 0 2 1 $1.36
JASON WADDELL 12 16.4% 24 49.3% 73 $952,650 1 0 0 1 $1.17
MARK DU PLESSIS 11 15.1% 20 42.5% 73 $210,614 0 0 0 1 $0.39
SAM WEATHERLEY 10 19.2% 15 48.1% 52 $146,143 0 0 0 0 $0.72
RYAN ELLIOT 10 20.4% 4 28.6% 49 $209,885 0 0 1 2 $1.32

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2021/22 39 12.9% 65 34.3% 303 $2,081,176 2 0 2 2 $0.87
2020/21 54 11.6% 90 31.0% 465 $3,212,459 1 4 1 3 $1.11
2019/20 58 12.2% 118 37.1% 474 $3,243,197 2 3 5 2 $0.68
2018/19 113 13.8% 207 39.0% 821 $4,404,375 3 4 8 11 $0.79
2017/18 146 17.1% 216 42.5% 852 $5,826,486 5 4 6 8 $0.89
2016/17 113 19.7% 145 44.9% 574 $5,436,516 5 7 8 4 $0.88
2015/16 105 17.1% 147 41.1% 613 $5,078,339 4 3 3 3 $0.65
2014/15 115 20.8% 131 44.4% 554 $4,432,734 6 8 3 1 $0.93
2013/14 50 13.2% 95 38.3% 379 $4,252,665 3 2 1 2 $0.68
2012/13 76 17.8% 113 44.4% 426 $3,283,022 4 3 3 6 $0.85
Overall 922 15.9% 1405 24.2% 5800 $42,169,320 36 39 42 44 $0.80