The family of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas announced on June 22 that the 89-year-old had immediately retired from training and entered home hospice care due to a severe infection. That announcement prefaced an outpouring of tributes to Lukas,

The Hall of Famer, who has entered hospice at 89, won so many big races with so many horses that it’s hard to identify him with just one.

Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas, 89, has returned home under hospice care after a hospitalization in Louisville, according to a statement from his family this past weekend. A towering figure in horse racing for more than four decades, Lukas will not return to training.