[3] Over the next few years, Baker built a very successful partnership with top miler Premio Loco, trained by Chris Wall.
[2] Baker's most successful season in prize money terms was 2016, when he won his first Classic, the St Leger on Harbour Law, and the Prix du Cadran on Quest For More.
[2] His career was abruptly ended in February 2017 by a serious fall at St Moritz's White Turf meeting, when racing on the snow-covered lake.
He suffered bleeding on the brain and spent an extended period in a trauma unit, having to learn to walk again, before being allowed to return home in late April.
[5] For five weeks afterwards, he had post-traumatic amnesia, and received support from Alice Plunkett whose husband William Fox-Pitt had also suffered a head injury.
[3] He announced his retirement on Friday 3 November 2017 in an At The Races interview with Luke Harvey and Jason Weaver, after being told another fall would have dire consequences.