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 ...

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 ...

He fused good horsemanship with corporate savvy, becoming the face of the sport while leading a coast-to-coast operation in the 1980s and beyond.

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

D. Wayne Lukas' high school basketball coaching record wasn't too memorable, but he left a lasting impression on former ...

Lukas trained thousands of thoroughbred horses, and 51 ran in 31 different Kentucky Derbys. He won the race four times.

Lukas was enshrined in the sports Hall of Fame in 1999, won the Kentucky Derby four times, the Kentucky Oaks five times and 15 Triple Crown races.

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 ...

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 ...

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Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who passed away this Saturday, leaves behind 4,953 wins and a historic 1995 Triple Crown sweep with two different horses. Tributes flooded social media for the ...

Legendary horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas has died, according to a report from Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby.The report says Lukas, 89, died Saturda ...