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Training your Winners

George Baker Racing

George Baker Racing

Have Horse will Travel

George Baker Racing

London's Trainer

Racing in Bahrain

George Baker Racing

Training your Winners

George Baker Racing

London's Trainer

George Baker Racing

Training your Winners

George and Candida Baker started training from Far Westfield Farm in Warwickshire in 2008 with a couple of horses and a mad dream or three.

Music Box Express set the ball rolling when storming home at Wolverhampton under Matthew Davies in March 2008, and since that day the team have amassed close to 600 winners both in the UK and around the world.

Belgian Bill, the winner of the Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot in 2013, was a globetrotting star for the team. He won prestigious Group races in Istanbul and Dubai, and ran with credit in The Arlington Million in Chicago. He was awarded the 2015 Golden Mile at Glorious Goodwood after the first past the post was disqualified, providing the team with a huge winner at a meeting that they have always targeted. Another “Glorious” highlight was the victory of Feel Glorious as an unconsidered 125/1 shot in 2018, and in 2024 Get It put in a scintillating front running performance to land the iconic Stewards Cup.

George and his team have never been afraid to race their horses abroad and adhere closely to the mantra of “Have Horse Will Travel”. This bold approach has produced winners in France, Germany, Belgium, the UAE and Turkey. And Wargrave won Switzerland’s prestigious Grosser Preis Von St Moritz on the frozen lake in 2020.

The Channel Islands has provided several winning days, and Sir Alex Ferguson’s If I Had Him was Champion Horse in 2013.

Having trained at two of the most famous racing establishments in Whitsbury and then Manton, George Baker Racing moved to Robins Farm in 2017. And now we are on the move again to the historic Downs House at Epsom from where we look forward to writing several more chapters of our ongoing tale.

TESTIMONIALS

"There's a bit of the gambler in Candida and we thought if we don't take on Downs House then someone else will. What an opportunity."

George Baker
"Downs House is about getting new owners. Going to Newmarket or Lambourn is a long way on a Saturday morning. Here owners can get on a train - watch their horse on the gallops - have a bit of breakfast and then be home before their children are awake!"

George Baker
“We really enjoy doing something different in racing. Going out to Bahrain with the family brought a different aspect to race horse ownership that you don't normally get. I think what appeals to us is the vision and energy that the Bakers have and the unique experience they create."

Mark Tracey
“Get It” is obviously the stand out horse for our syndicate. He wins in Bahrain, wins in the Racing League and then just to cap it all wins the Stewards' Cup at Glorious Goodwood. That was a joy for me after 30 years of trying to get a Glorious Goodwood winner – and the Bakers delivered it.”

Mark Tracey
"Downs House is a massive opportunity for owners. On a Saturday morning it's only 20 minutes from London. It's right in the centre of all that the Derby represents. I wanted to make Downs House state-of-the-art and it just snowballed!"

Mark Travers
"As we got closer to Down's House we thought wow this is impressive. The position and stabling are incredible. It's been so exciting to have been with George and Candida for the last 12 years but this is a serious upgrade. There's a great future here in Epsom for GBR. The more people who get involved the better because they're going to have so much fun."

Angela & Nick Bray
"To own horses is a very fortunate thing to do. To have one that's locally connected to Goodwood – it's amazing. You dream that you can get the camaraderie, the people that love racing. George Baker and his team put in lots of hard work that we don't see, so all credit to them."

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