D. Wayne Lukas

     D. Wayne Lukas

     Birthdate: Sept. 2, 1935
     Birthplace: Antigo, Wisc.
     Residence: Louisville, Ky.

Family: son, Jeff

No starters at Gulfstream Park in 2007

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Career:

Hall of Famer is the most successful trainer in the history of the Breeders’ Cup, having won 13 Triple Crown races, trained a record 22 Eclipse champions saddled more than 550 graded stakes winners and won the Eclipse Award as top conditioner four times.
He was the first trainer to earn more than $100 million.
Has won the Kentucky Derby four times (Winning Colors, 1988; Thunder Gulch, 1995; Grindstone, 1996 and Charismatic, 1999) and won six straight Triple Crown races from the 1994 Preakness through the 1996 Derby.
He won seven of the nine Triple Crown races held from 1994-1996.
He has won the Florida Derby twice (Thunder Gulch, 1995 and Cape Town, 1998) and the Fountain of Youth three times (Dance Floor, 1992, Thunder Gulch and High Yield, 2000).
Since 1987, Lukas has won 29 stakes at Gulfstream plus three Breeders’ Cup races at Gulfstream, including Cat Thief’s victory in the 1999 Classic.

Other:

Grew up outside a small farming community in Wisconsin and earned a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, where he was also an assistant basketball coach.
Settled in California in 1972, where he began training Quarter Horses (training four AQHA champions) then switched to Thoroughbreds in 1978.
Has seen several of his assistants go on to top careers on their own including Todd Pletcher, Mark Hennig, Kiaran McLaughlin, Bobby Barnett, Randy Bradshaw, Mike & Rebecca Maker and Dallas Stewart.
Son Jeff was his assistant in California until a 1993 accident involving Tabasco Cat left him in a coma for several weeks.