He was a farm boy with a relentless work ethic and a passion for horses. D. Wayne Lukas, the kid from Antigo, Wisconsin, a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, went on to transform racing. On Sunday (June 29), the Lukas family announced that the Hall of Fame trainer died the night before after [&hell...
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has died at the age of 89, the Lukas family announced Sunday in a statement issued by Churchill Downs. Here is a list of many of his top horses, top triumphs, and top awards/honors as one of the most accomplished trainers in the history of thoroughbred racing. Fou...
D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Fame trainer whose passion for perfection forever changed the sport of thoroughbred horse racing, has died, the Lukas family said in a statement issued Sunday by Churchill Downs. Lukas was 89. The family statement, addressed to the Racing Community, began “It is wi...
Is there a better older horse than Mindframe right now? Is reigning Horse of Year Thorpedo Anna on the road to reclaiming her title? The two put on quite a show at Churchill Downs on Saturday Mindframe, who ran a close second to Dornoch in the 2024 Belmont Stakes (G1) and the Haskell Stakes (G1), [&...
Who’s betting against jockey Flavien Prat at Churchill Downs on Saturday? Do so at your own risk. The reigning Eclipse Award-winning rider won five races at Aqueduct Racetrack on Friday (June 27). His fourth win of the day – aboard favorite Iron Max in a New York-bred maiden claimer on the turf ...
The $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby is a race trainer Bob Baffert rarely loses, and he’s looking for seven in a row on Saturday and 12th in 19 editions of the race since 2000. Not many, if any, trainers have dominated a single race like Baffert, who manages to place several of his hopefully late-...
Stephen Foster, one of America’s greatest songwriters, born on July 4, 1826, became quite familiar with this country’s first national sport, horse racing. In 1850, he produced “Camptown Races,” whose catchy melody and clever lyrics made it wildly popular. It still is, because, according to G...
Eight weeks since a rare loss, reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna is poised to return to the winner’s circle in the $500,000 Fleur de Lis Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The reigning Horse of the Year returns to action against four others on Saturday Night Thorpedo Anna, who was ...
For those who bet on horse racing, Saturday’s $1 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) presents an intriguing challenge, with Mystik Dan going against Sierra Leone for the first time since they were separated by a nose in the 2024 Kentucky Derby. Mystik Dan, the Kentucky Derby winner trained by Kenny...
D. Wayne Lukas, the most influential thoroughbred horseman in modern times, has been hospitalized and will not return to training, according to a news release from Churchill Downs on Sunday. The 89-year-old Hall of Famer suffered a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] infecti...
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