Philip A. Bauer
$1,782,687
2026 earnings
14%
2026 wins
$18,977,468
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2026 Stats
Career Stats
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11
Firsts
200
16
Seconds
215
7
Thirds
152
44
Unplaced
707
78
Starts
1,274
$1,782,687
Earnings
$18,977,468
$22,855
Earnings / Start
$14,896
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Bio
Philip Bauer began his career in the horse industry as an assistant trainer to Ken McPeek and Steve Margolis and obtained his trainer’s license in 2013. The Louisville, Ky., native has built a successful career as a private trainer for Richard and Tammy Rigney’s Rigney Racing. His first graded stakes win came in 2015 with Channel Marker.
Philip Bauer began his career in the horse industry as an assistant trainer to Ken McPeek and Steve Margolis and obtained his trainer’s license in 2013. The Louisville, Ky., native has built a successful career as a private trainer for Richard and Tammy Rigney’s Rigney Racing. His first graded stakes win came in 2015 with Channel Marker.
Bauer boosted his profile in 2022, 2023, and 2024 with graded stakes winners Played Hard, Xigera, and Buchu. He also conditioned the 2-year-old colt Jonathan’s Way in fall 2024, who won the season’s first Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep, the Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs.
