Legendary horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas died at 89 after he was diagnosed with a severe MRSA blood infection and was forced to ...

He fused good horsemanship with corporate savvy, becoming the face of the sport while leading a coast-to-coast operation in ...

NYTHA Establishes D. Wayne Lukas Award For Assistant Trainers originally appeared on Paulick Report.

Born Darnell Wayne Lukas on Sept. 2, 1935, in Wisconsin as the second of three children, he rose to prominence in the sport ...

Lukas, who died Saturday night in Louisville at age 89, earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in 1985, 1986, 1987 ...

Lukas died on the evening of June 28 at age 89. He was hospitalized in Louisville last week after a severe MRSA blood ...

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D. Wayne Lukas set the standard in horse racing. And the sport followed suit. Trainers wanted to be like Wayne. Owners wanted ...

D. Wayne Lukas’s reign over the horse racing world reached its zenith just as I became a fan. This was the mid-‘90s, when he ...

D. Wayne Lukas talks with jockey Pat Day after winning a race at Keeneland in 1998. Lukas’ 296 wins at the Lexington ...

Lukas was enshrined in the sports Hall of Fame in 1999, won the Kentucky Derby four times, the Kentucky Oaks five times and ...

His 15 Triple Crown victories, including a record six consecutive wins from 1994 to 1996, are second only to those of Bob ...