Retirement for Bayern 'Being Evaluated'

Plans to retire 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Bayern are still to be determined following the colt's third-place finish as the 6-5 favorite in the Awesome Again Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 26 at Santa Anita Park.

 

Trainer Bob Baffert told Santa Anita's publicity department the morning of Sept. 27 that "it is being evaluated right now," contrary to reports that the colt has been retired. Bayern, a 4-year-old son of Offlee Wild  —Alittlebitearly, by Thunder Gulch, is winless in five starts since last year's Classic.

 

"We'll know in a few days," Baffert said of the possible retirement for Bayern, who will stand at John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale Farms near Lexington in 2016. His fee has yet to be announced.

 

Bayern has a 6-1-3 record from 15 career starts that also include wins in the 2014 William Hill Haskell Invitational (gr. I), Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II), and Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II) for earnings of more than $4.4 million.