Burbero is a New Zealand horse who was sent to Baker by his father, Cambridge co-trainer Murray, after winning here.
The horse is owned in New Zealand by Scott Richardson, is trained by a New Zealander and was ridden by Kiwi apprentice Rory Hutchings, who has just made the decision to settle permanently in Sydney.
Burbero's huge finishing run was judged by the press as the performance of the day and Hutchings' canny effort the ride of the day.
Bjorn Baker had some interesting riding instructions for Hutchings. "I told Rory to treat Burbero like a cunning card player. I told him to trick him, to try and con the horse. Ride him as cold as you can ride him. If you hit the front too soon you won't finish in the first half of the field."
Hutchings got the Burbero ride only on Friday, when regular rider Brodie Loy broke a collarbone falling early in a Warwick Farm race from former New Zealander Eletist, having his first start for John Sargent.
Burbero's connections had wanted to engage a senior rider when Loy was sidelined, but senior Sydney steward Ray Murrihy would not allow it. Under NSW rules an apprentice (Loy) must be replaced by an apprentice when a change is necessary.
"I told them to put Rory on, he wouldn't let them down," Murrihy told the press as the connections thanked him for his insistence.
"Brodie's bad luck turned into my good luck," Hutchings said. "I've got to thank Brodie for the work he's done with Burbero and for telling me how to ride the horse.
"He's a horse that likes to have a good look around when he hits the front so I waited as long as I could on him."
Hutchings' timing was perfection. He sliced between horses late to grab the win in the last stride by half a neck from Weary and the favourite, Temple Of Boom.
"This horse has improved tremendously in the last year," said Baker.
"A lot of the credit goes to Brodie for working out the key to riding him. You have to feel for Brodie missing out on the win."
It was Burbero's 13th win from 39 starts, taking his prizemoney to more than A$700,000.
"He's the longest-serving member of my stable; he's been with me for three years.
"I'm going to set him for the Epsom.
?They should very soon measure the size of the heart Victorian jumper Bashboy has in his chest.
It must be huge. No horse can carry 74.5kg in an ultra-distance Grand National, nearly fall at the second-to-last fence then pick himself up and grab his third Grand National.
Those things just don't happen.
Bashboy is the first horse since 1974 to win a Grand National with more than 74kg and the first to win more than A$1 million over jumps racing solely in Australia.
His classy young trainer Ciaron Maher says he'll never be lucky enough to have another one as good as Bashboy. "He's just great for jumps racing. His toughness, his durability are unbelievable and he's 12.
"Last week, the amount of work I gave him he just looked at me and said, 'Is that all you've got?'"
Maher is not sure if that is the end of Bashboy's career, but thought there was a strong possibility of one more season, perhaps internationally.
However, the best news for the connections of New Zealand steeplechasers is that Maher is not bringing Bashboy to the Great Northern Steeplechase.
Two winning runs
•Bjorn Baker could not toast Burbero's win in the Missile Stakes as he was under starter's orders the next day.
•Jockey Rory Hutchings enjoyed the win so much he has decided to stay in Sydney.
•Bashboy scored a courageous victory in the Grand National Steeplechase.
