Murray Baker

Murray Baker (born 21 April 1946) is a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse trainer and former representative cricketer.

Baker played in one List A and seventeen first-class matches for Central Districts and Northern Districts from 1966 to 1975. Baker was part of the team who won the Plunket Shield and played for Huddersfield in England.

Baker started training at Woodville in the 1970s. His first raceday winner was Vizier on October 4 1978, at Otaki. Another early winner was Sir Vigilant in the 1985 New Zealand St. Leger. In 2000 Murray moved his training operation to Cambridge.

He has trained in partnership with:

Murray has won many major races on both sides of the Tasman with leading horses such as:

Murray retired from training in May 2022. During his career he had accumulated:

Murray is a member of the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame.