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D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Famer who won 15 Triple Crown races, including seven Preakness victories, has died.
D. Wayne Lukas, a Hall of Fame trainer who saddled the winners of 15 Triple Crown and 20 Breeders’ Cup races and who revolutionized thoroughbred racing with a modern-day corporate approach in a ...
Born Darnell Wayne Lukas on Sept. 2, 1935, in Wisconsin as the second of three children, he rose to prominence in the sport with quarter horses in races that are effectively sprints. He moved into ...
He fused good horsemanship with corporate savvy, becoming the face of the sport while leading a coast-to-coast operation in ...
Lukas believed Kentucky will “always be good” because of Churchill Downs and Keeneland, but that smaller tracks were going to suffer mainly because of casinos and how gambling has become easily ...
The peaceful death of four-time Kentucky Derby winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas at home in Lexington on Saturday at age 89 was ...
Ben. It also was the year D. Wayne Lukas won his only training title at the Omaha racetrack. Lukas, who died Saturday at age ...
Lukas, who died Saturday night in Louisville at age 89, earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in 1985, 1986, 1987 ...
A legendary Hall of Fame trainer and a four-time winner of the Kentucky Derby has died.Churchill Downs said D. Wayne Lukas passed away at his home in Louisville Saturday night, June 28. The ...
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His 15 Triple Crown victories, including a record six consecutive wins from 1994 to 1996, are second only to those of Bob ...