Tom Law

Phil Bauer is winding down his third summer in upstate New York before he heads back to Churchill Downs. A former assistant to Ken McPeek, Bauer is the private trainer for Richard and Tammy Rigney’s Rigney Racing. (Originally published in Aug. 29 digital issue of The Saratoga Special)

Ken McPeek did his best Babe Ruth, or better yet Joe Namath, behind the desk of his office when asked what he thought of the new restricted auction races in the condition book at this year’s Saratoga Race Course meeting. (Originally published in Aug. 23 issue of The Saratoga Special)

Jim Bond likes to stick to the advice given by his father many years ago. (Originally published in Aug. 22 issue of The Saratoga Special)

George Weaver can usually be counted on to have a handful of winners at Saratoga, but this year’s meet hasn’t necessarily followed that pattern. With just one victory, he’s a long way off last year’s total of six, but that hasn’t affected the trainer’s dry sense of humor. (Originally published in Aug. 17 issue of The Saratoga Special)

Restock, rebuild, reload. Such is the life of a horse trainer and Phil Serpe proves no exception. (Originally published in Aug. 16 issue of The Saratoga Special)

Jonathan Thomas free admits to not being in a rush, especially when it comes to the young horses in his care. (Originally published in Aug. 15 issue of The Saratoga Special)

Trainer Mark Hennig won six races with seven seconds and seven thirds at the Belmont Park spring-summer meeting and arrived in Saratoga confident his string mixed of veterans and newcomers could keep things rolling. Then it rained. (Originally published in Aug. 8 issue of The Saratoga Special)

Phil Gleaves showed up in Saratoga in the spring of 2018 ready to roll. He bedded down his compact string in a barn on the Oklahoma Training Track and generated a little press as one of the first horsemen on the grounds. (Originally published in Aug. 9 issue of The Saratoga Special)