King Frankel missed an important lead-up run but won't be beaten on the score of fitness in the $300,000 The Beauford (2300m) at Newcastle on Saturday. Trainer Mark Newnham said King Frankel has taken no harm from a barrier incident at Rosehill last week that forced the stayer to be withdrawn. "I always had it in my mind to run at Rosehill then back up in The Beauford," Newnham said. "But he was in the barriers for a long time while they resaddled another horse, got his leg u

Fresh off having two runners in this year’s $15 million The Everest, Warwick Farm-based trainer Bjorn Baker is targeting even more riches at the The Hunter meeting in Newcastle this weekend. Baker saddles up no less than six runners, with stable favourite Overpass engaged in the $1 million feature. The four-year-old entire wasn’t disgraced when a close-up sixth behind Giga Kick in The Everest, before finishing midfield in the $10 million Golden Eagle. The Vancouver progeny ha

Trainer Mark Newnham can see plenty of upside to lightly raced import King Frankel and can also envisage a scenario where he continues his rise through the grades at Rosehill on Saturday. With only one defeat in three starts for Newnham, and you could argue he had excuses racing in the inferior ground second-up at Randwick, King Frankel can be firmly put in the ‘promising stayer’ category if he’s successful in the Chandon Handicap (2400m). “Generally in their second racing pr