Horse of the Week: Turn Me Loose

Published: 29 Feb 2016

Kiwi toughness - Turn Me Loose does all the work near the lead and keeps lifting

Anyone that has watched him, and definitley anyone that has backed him, can see there is something special about the new Kiwi star Turn Me Loose.

His win in the Emirates Stakes last Spring was dominant despite the small margin, racing right up on a testing tempo before fighting bravely to the finish. Most other front-running milers in Australia would have withered to the tail under so much pressure.

And on the weekend the Doncaster Handicap contender made it three Group Ones wins in the Futurity Stakes, settling just off the speed this time before surging to the lead in the straight.

He's one of the big Autumn contenders and an easy choice for Horse of the Week.

Breeding

Sired by Iffraaj, from Indomitable (sire of Dam - Danehill)

Type

Four year old Bay Horse born 3/11/2011

Features

Genuine, Tactical Speed & Cornering

Weaknesses

Not Adaptable (on-pacer)

Record

13 Starts for 7 Wins, 3 Seconds, 1 Third. Total Prize-money of $1,463,103

Career Wins

27/2/16 – Italktravel Futurity Stakes (G1) at Caulfield over 1400m – Jockey Opie Bosson
7/11/15 – Emirates Stakes (G1) at Flemington over 1600m – Jockey K McEvoy
24/10/15 – Schweppes Crystal Mile (G2) at Moonee Valley over 1600m – Jockey Opie Bosson
18/10/15 – Darley Seymour Cup at Seymour over 1600m - Jockey Opie Bosson
8/11/14 – Sothys 42nd N.Z. 2000 Guineas (G1) at Riccarton Park over 1600m – Jockey Opie Bosson
4/10/14 – Hawke’s Bay Guineas (G2) at Hastings over 1400m – Jockey Opie Bosson
10/5/14 – N Z Bloodstock Pearl 2yo Mdn at Pukekura Raceway over 1200m – Jockey J K Riddell

Quick Facts

Trained by Kiwi Murray Baker, the father of Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker, and bred by race caller George Simon and his wife Maryanne.
Sold for about $50,000 at a 2013 ready to run sale in New Zealand.
His dam Indomitable bred two fillies in the years before him, that have a total record of 22 starts for 0 wins between them in New Zealand. No wonder he was so cheap!
The George Ryder at Rosehill and Doncaster at Randwick are the next two Group One races on the agenda.

In his father's footsteps - Bjorn Baker is making a name for himself in Sydney