Phil Bauer

The G3 Iroquois winner didn't make much of an impact in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, but returned to run second in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at the end of November

Trainer Phil Bauer was "pretty disappointed with how he ran in the Breeders’ Cup after what he showed us in his first two starts."

Jockey Junior Alvarado flew in from New York to ride the Twirling Candy filly, whose winning time was the second-fastest in 39 editions of the race

The colt has worked once since the Breeders' Cup, a five-furlong bullet in 58.80 second at Churchill on Nov. 16.

Trainer Phil Bauer is confident that his G3 Iroquois winner stacks up with the leading contenders for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Vekoma colt, who sits atop the Kentucky Derby leaderboard, showed a new dimension in running style at Churchill Downs and will target the $2-million race at Del Mar

The Florida-bred Mitole filly provided trainer Phil Bauer his Saratoga first stakes win

The 5-year-old is undefeated at Saratoga going the Whitney distance

Xigera's trainer Phil Bauer said: “We’re confident that she’ll give us her best effort and hopefully that will be enough."

Stonestreet Farm bloodstock adviser John Moynihan, trainer Phil Bauer, and his wife Ashley Bauer were among the 10 people - all of which survived - on a plane that crashed Monday in Australia.