Hendrix Lands Debut Win for Baker

27 November 2015

O’Reilly 3yo Hendrix debuted in the best possible way for Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker at Orange RC last Friday.

Bred by Waikato Stud, Hendrix is by O’Reilly and is out of Frockstar.

Hendrix was bought out of Waikato Stud’s draft by by Bjorn Baker Racing/Michael Wallace Bloodstock for $110,000 at the 2014 Premier Yearling Sale.

The Corner with Garry Chittick

It would appear I now have to continue my weekly Corner with the amount of rumblings at the start of our new racing season. I have been around long enough to know we can never please all; my tenure as Chairman of the Racing Board was subjected to as much vitriol as subsequent Boards have had to bear, so what’s different this time, or is it different.

5 August 2026

First foal for Waikato’s Group 1 winner Skew Wiff

Group 1-winning Savabeel mare Skew Wiff (ex Starvoia), known affectionately as ‘Wiffy’, foaled a filly by Super Seth in the early hours of Wednesday, 5 August.