Was that expected....?? - George Baker’s Blog
Jan 27, 2024 · A windscreen scraping minus 4 just now.... Clearly, I was not paying attention to the forecast last night. Dark and still and fresh... Some fantastic racing around the country today, the highlight being Trials Day at Cheltenham. The last meeting...
George Baker’s Blog
In Bahrain later this afternoon.... 7.05pm local time. Under the floodlights. 4.05pm UK time... KIWANO (Andrew Breslin) and GET IT (Callum Shepherd)... Five furlongs... A local Grade 1. So not a handicap and we are wrong at the weights with some... After last week's cancelled Gulf Air …
George Baker’s Blog: Home....
Sep 2, 2021 · From a few days off the racing treadmill. Spending time with family and friends before Barney heads off into the next chapter of his life, and ahead of Tallulah's final year at school. "Final year" - how the hell did...
Downs House..... - George Baker’s Blog
Jun 4, 2024 · From where Eclipse looked out over Epsom Downs. One of the greatest thoroughbreds of all time. His stable remains pretty much untouched..... Like Frankel's comet, Eclipse blazed across the racing landscape, undefeated and unchallenged. A quarter of a millennium has...
George Baker’s Blog: 22 entries from May 2021
But the promise of a warm and sunny day ahead. A Bank Holiday Monday with the weather playing ball. Good news. Except for those battling with the motorways later...
A stunning morning.... - George Baker’s Blog
Apr 20, 2024 · Not a cloud.... Dawn chill - but promising. Certainly when compared with what has gone before... Classic Trials scattered across the land in recent days. Newbury's turn. Dreams alive for some. Deflated balloons for others.... Four runners for us today.....
George Baker’s Blog: A Glorious week....
Jul 29, 2024 · Dawns "Glorious" in these parts. High temperatures through the next couple of days, and First Lot pulling out at 6.00.... Rain, possibly of the heavy variety, forecast through Wednesday evening.... Tallulah and I walked the course at Goodwood yesterday in...
George Baker’s Blog: They told us that time would fly by....
Mar 18, 2024 · The older you get, the faster it goes... Christmases and Tuesdays come rolling around and around... Time waits for nobody... It seems like yesterday that we waved Clancy off into the maelstrom of the pandemic. It was not yesterday, it...
George Baker’s Blog: 24 entries from July 2021
Jul 29, 2021 · From Hieronymus yesterday. Caught in the last strides. Beaten a head. Agony. But at the same time a thrilling effort. This horse has really come to himself in recent weeks, and he is an obvious one for The Racing League in the coming weeks….
The A Team.... - George Baker’s Blog
Apr 12, 2024 · Striding through the eye of the sporting storm. Together, Aintree and Augusta throw huge drama our way. Some done and dusted - much more to come... Brilliant stuff at both venues yesterday. Weather, as ever, not far from the rythmn.....