Trainer D. Wayne Lukas sits atop his horse as he watches morning workouts against the backdrop of a large tent set up in the infield before sunrise at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on April ...

Lukas was yesterday’s news. All of this set the stage for the magical May that transformed me from a mere admirer into a D. Wayne devotee. Baffert brought a trio of horses to Churchill for the 1999 ...

There has been just one D. Wayne Lukas -- not only the winner of four Kentucky Derbies, seven Preaknesses, four Belmonts, and 20 Breeders’ Cup races, but the audacious architect of the first, ...

This year, for the first time, the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearling Sale and the July Horses of Racing Age Sale will be ...

For more than 50 years, D. Wayne Lukas set the standard in horse racing. And the sport followed suit. Trainers wanted to be like Wayne. Owners wanted him handling their horses. He died Saturday at … ...

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 ...

D. Wayne Lukas is one of the most prolific trainers in horse racing. Lukas has been hospitalized in Louisville, Ky., and will not be returning to training, according to his family.

D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Famer who became one of the most accomplished trainers in the history of horse racing and a face of the sport for decades, has died. He was 89.

HORSE RACING Hall of Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas, 89, ends treatment of ‘aggressive’ infection, returns home to family By Associated Press Updated June 22, 2025, 5:32 p.m.

The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearling Sale kicks off, not just the yearling sales season, but also a bidding-packed day of action at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington Tuesday. The auction, with 261 head ...

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who saddled four Kentucky Derby winners among his 15 winners of US Triple Crown races, has been hospitalized with a severe infection and won't return to ...

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.