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During the first morning training after D. Wayne Lukas' death, backside workers paid tribute to the legendary trainer and carried on his legacy.
The Kentucky Derby Museum is honoring the legacy of Hall of Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Lukas died Saturday at age 89 after battling a severe infection. His career spanned more than six decades ...
The horse racing world mourns the death of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas at 89. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — People from around the world of horse racing are sharing their reaction to the death of Hall of ...
Organizations and individuals within the Thoroughbred racing community reflect on contributions and legacy of legendary ...
D. Wayne Lukas, a prominent horse trainer, died June 28 at age 89. Lukas stabled on the backside of Churchill Downs since 1989. Lukas' death came on the eve of the final day of racing for the 2025 ...
To see how the legacy of the late D. Wayne Lukas will live on in the sport he loved — and helped to change — you only had to watch ...
Lukas touched the lives of many people throughout Antigo, both in and outside the sport of horse racing. Haefs was a journalist for the Antigo Journal for 37 years. She says the death of Lukas marks ...
D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Famer who became one of the most accomplished thoroughbred trainers in the history of horse racing, died on Saturday. He was 89.
Notable reaction to the death of thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas: ___ “Wayne was a game changer, transforming horse racing for the better. He made it so the horse's bloodlines were more important ...
Lukas died on the evening of June 28 at age 89. He was hospitalized in Louisville last week after a severe MRSA blood infection caused significant damage to the thoroughbred trainer's heart, digestive ...
Lukas has won the Kentucky Derby four times and five Kentucky Oaks races during his time in the horse racing industry.
Legendary horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas has died, according to a report from Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby.The ...