He topped all of that winning the Caulfield Cup with Mongolian Khan, has had horses placed in the Melbourne Cup but no race has been testament to Baker's stunning Australian record more than the ATC Derby, which has he not only won five times but staggeringly four times in the last nine years.
His raids struck fear into the connections of Australian horses and bookmakers, the latter group not from Baker himself but from those who backed any three-year-olds who crossed the Tasman for "Murray".
But now, with his beloved Australian trips that much harder, his second knee operation just eight weeks old and Forsman ready to run the stable, Baker has called time.
"I still enjoy it but it can't go on forever," he told the Herald.
"I've got other things I want to do before I get too old and I'm already 75. I have training for 43 years so I have had a good go at it.
"And Andrew is keen to have a real go on his own and he will do a great job."
With three months of early morning starts still to go Baker has time to add to his imposing group one record, with The Chosen One odds-on in the Herbie Dyke at Te Rapa next week.
But no matter he does this autumn, Baker already knows who tops his personal hit list.
"Dundeel was the best horse I've had, we have had," he says.
"He won six group ones and four as a three-year-old, that is something special.
"And Bonneval is the best of the girls.
"But I have been lucky to have some good ones and I have loved training them."
