Philip A. Bauer
$277,279
2026 earnings
16%
2026 wins
$17,472,060
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2026 Stats
Career Stats
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3
Firsts
192
4
Seconds
203
3
Thirds
148
9
Unplaced
672
19
Starts
1,215
$277,279
Earnings
$17,472,060
$14,594
Earnings / Start
$14,380
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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.
