Jmac you say im bad for this site and the sport. The man who changed the sport forever D Wayne Lukas and who taught so many top trainers how to train, 95% of the users on this site hate and wish he would just retire and are disgusted with how he handles horses. It sickens me to think when Lukas dies that all of you will be dancing on his grave laughing and cheering hes gone and horse racing is better off without him.

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cedar · How could one possible know how someone will react to a death based on posts on an internet forum? · 1494 days ago
Holly Bullsheet · now that's some serious sheet. but don't you think Lukas has destroyed enough horse flesh to call it a day already? · 1494 days ago

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Zayats have palced all there 2 year olds with there new trainers and Lukas was sent the most 7 of them dale 6 baffert 5. The whole list can be seen here-- http://www.zayatstables.com/Domains/www.zayatstables.com/CMSFiles/Docs/Zayat%20Trainer%20Allocation%202014.pdf

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In addition to D. Wayne Lukas shipping in Will Take Charge for the Santa Anita Handicap, the Hall of Fame trainer also plans to bring Optimizer for the Grade I Frank E. Kilroe Mile and Unstoppable Colby for the Grade II San Felipe Stakes, all three races on March 8.

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EP Taylor · Mike in SB- The fans are in for a treat. You have Big Cap Day, Opening of Keeneland, The Derby in May, The mouth watering lineup on Belmont day, the opening of Saratoga, then into the fall with Belmont and the Breeders cup. This year is lined up with the some super racing days. · 1572 days ago
kay.robinett · This should be a great Big Cap. I am very happy they decided to televize it! · 1572 days ago

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In the opening weekend at oaklawn Lukas had 8 runners and went 1-1-3 with thoes 8 runners thats a good start in my book to the year. Also his 1 win was claimed away from him lol

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travel_vic · The breakdown king has always started fast at Oaklawn...just give him time and his methods will show otherwise · 1619 days ago

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I always felt that he was the greatest trainer of all time. His selection for the Eclipse Award of Merit is well-deserved and only highlites the pleasure he has brought to so many of us!

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I may have been the only one who noticed since I havent seen anyone else say it but in my eyes this year 2013 was a huge up and a great resurrgent of the sport of horse racing I think we saw a many fan come back the the sport. 2013 gave new hope and new life to racing lilke no other year ever has and has been my personal favorite year of horse racing since I saw cigar run live. We say shug win a derby, lukas win a preakness with come back kid stevens, curling the most dominat horse since cigar show hes just as good at stud as he was racing, 3 repear breeders cup winners, America finally take down the dubai world classic on its new synethic surface, Lukas back on top the 3 year old market, stellar battles between 3 year olds and there elders longshot graded stakes winner, calumet farm back in the spotlight with another champion, paynters amazing come back story next to garys, and many top horses remaining in training for 2014. All in all i saw 2013 as a huge win for horse racing and 2014 should be just as good if not better.

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travel_vic · read Headless Horsemen to appreciate all the varied interests who all want to be the chief and no one wants to be the tribe · 1629 days ago
UnionRagsRules · I live by a very very small track in Southern Oregon and it is one of the few tracks in th state... It's only a hlaf mile around, and the purses are onlt 3,000 at best. But we all come together for a month and a half during the summer and watch the horses run. It's the ONLY time I get to see horse racing, due to my busy barrel racing schedule. But I love it. Now, on the contrary, they are trying to shut it down, and have been for the best 10 years. But still it lives on. Because it is not so big that it needs a lot of money (like Hollywood Park) to keep it alive. They put in new surface to make it better. In a roundabout way, I come to my conclusion. Big times racing and races will live for hundreds of years to come. But everything else will die in time unless we get a super horse. Some horse gentically enhanced to be so much better than the rest that horse racing draws attetion to itself. Who's our horse? · 1629 days ago

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So are there still doubters out there about D wayne lukas being able to train a horse after the year hes had? Cause I remeber so many reading he runs horses into the ground?

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papillon · agree 100% with vic--lucas's problem isn't knowing how to get his horses in shape, its how to keep them in shape without running them into the ground--the annals of horses racing history since 1980 are littered with horses lucas ran into the ground...google if you don't believe us · 1690 days ago
Buckpasser · One of my issues with Lucas is not only that he has run so many nice horses into the ground, but he has brought so many quarter horse racing methods into thoroughbred racing which has not been beneficial to the sport. And sadly because of his success, these methods have been emulated by too many others. · 1690 days ago

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Wayne Lukas is a much bigger man than I for accepting Eric Guillot's half-assed apology about the Travers debacle, especially when he concluded it with: "I looked it over; it was a bad video. But I'd do it all over again. I thought that's what the complaint department was for." Clearly Guillot has not learned anything from wasting tens of thousands of dollars and hours on this farce. Here's hoping Will Take Charge goes out and thumps Moreno again on Saturday!

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goblin · I agree. The really good part is that apparently Saez's agent refused to allow Guillot any access to the jockey, whether it was to offer an apology or anything else. · 1695 days ago
tmallios1 · The con never stops.This Guillot is a perfect charecter to incorporate if they ever did a re-make of the classic Newman/Redford movie "The Sting".He fits right in with the other Con Artists.Through all the crap this guy has put the industry through the past 4 months.The one constant that still remains is the following.Sir Blabbermouth never makes an announcement,unless there is a very high profile and visible event on the horizon.This being BC week and the day of the PP draw, he saw the opportunity to siddle in and get his free publicity seconds.Goblin,you are so right.Congrats to Dwayne and all involved for always ignoring him and never becoming part of the Story. · 1695 days ago

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When it was over, Lukas had his 13th classic victory, and in doing so rewrote the book on how to train a horse for the Belmont. After that victory, trainers began to follow suit, resting their horses after the Derby and going straight to the Belmont. What had never been accomplished before now became the blueprint on how to win the Belmont. A piece from steve haskins article on lukas and steven. And you all still think he cant train a horse yet he wrote the book on stretching out a horses races to give them more

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travel_vic · Re-wrote the book? Grind all of 'em into the racing surface and see which survives? I like Woody Stephens more classical approach that allowed horses to be around to have a career. · 1849 days ago
travel_vic · All D Wayne noticed was something MANY of us noticed: speed has a better chance of stretching out than any other style of runners, but he had dozens of failures, you know the ones that were great at two, nothing at three? The ones that did not break down of course · 1849 days ago

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Im gonna allow the gate to open for a short time any one who wishes to jump on Lukas bandwagon may do so.

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Sully · Where's Zito when you need him? He's been quiet this year. · 1858 days ago
Buckpasser · Congrats TCglory on DWayne's victory. · 1858 days ago

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Boy, I bet all the "Lukas Haters" woke-up with a headache that must feel like the worst hangover headache of all time.

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D. Wayne Lukas has named the riders for his trio of Preakness contenders. GARY STEVENS will remain aboard OXBOW. MIKE SMITH picks up the mount on WILL TAKE CHARGE, and JULIEN LEPAROUX takes Stevens's place aboard TITLETOWN FIVE.

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Jay S. · Deep-down, I agree floridaf. Probably no one would do a better job next time than Jon Court, but I understand the change. Unfortunately for Jon, he jumped-off Oxbow to ride WTC...if memory serves. I know I sound like a broken record, but this reminds me so much of Tank's Prospect. Gary Stevens got replaced, after a lack-luster derby performance, by Pat Day and the Tank won the Preakness in record time (not counting Big Red's disputed Preakness time). · 1868 days ago
bspolk · and if they don't win, what next and how many more before we don't hear from them · 1865 days ago

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played my derby futures d. wayne xta....14/23........

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Thats it just shut up shut the hell up people. Its like your mother taught you, if you ahve nothing nice to say about a person then shut up and dont say anything at all. Im sick of you all critizing lukas every time he gets a good horse in his barn. Just shut up and leave him alone. :(:(:(

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Buckpasser · Thanks Sword. I pulled out my Media Guide for the Preakness which goes up to 2003 and has all of the charts from 1873 on. From a cursory look, it seems that the KD has always had more starters than the Derby. First Preakness 7 starters. Smallest field 2 in 1884 and 1889. If you throw out the times when the Derby and Preaness were run on the same day and before the order of the TC was settled in 1932, the Derby seems to attract a larger field, for instance Citation had 6 starters in the Derby and 4 for the Preakness. Majestic Prince had a small Derby field and the same number in the Preakness. As I said my book only goes through 2003 for I parison. · 1917 days ago
Buckpasser · Sorry one correction in the 1971-1981 period Cannonade had 23 in his Derby which is the largest field, but Pleasant Colony as I said had 21 in his. · 1917 days ago

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Who do you prefer? Will Take Charge or Oxbow?

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travel_vic · YOu win it multiple times by flodding the entry box....in the 2004 Throughbred Times Almanac, old Darrel Wayne had entered, TO THAT POINT, 41 with a 4 1 5 record and the only one close, H.J. THompson was about half that total at 24, and HE won it 4 times as well...Seems this fellow had a much better record of win to start ratio. · 1918 days ago
travel_vic · or Ben Jones 11 starts, 6 wins with only TWO our of the money so he isn't close to even being second best. · 1918 days ago

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Thats right dwayne 1-2 in rebel. I knew I just knew for weeks he had a real barn of 3 year olds. I spend most my time following his horses building them up rooting them on and it finally payed off. Hope you guys start to realize he aint as bad of a trainer as you think and that he cares for his horses. He has the 3rd best barn of 3 year olds this year for the derby road. And he aint done he could get more in. Red Wings will run in spiral and then maybe bluegrass. Channel Isle is slated for la derby and titletown five in sunland derby. Beware of the Lukas train. yessssssssssssssss im so happy

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tcglory · Baffert is just haveing a year like todd pletcher did last year with 3 year olds im sure baffert will bounce back and thats awesome kaitlin that you like lukas. Most people tell me he dosent know how to train and places his horses in all the wrong spots and damages there carears by keeping them fit and on there toes with no breaks between races · 1921 days ago
kaitlinefree1 · hes been around for awhile & has won A LOT of races. so he obviously knows what hes doing. · 1921 days ago

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Chalk up to more 3 year old winners for luaks today. First red wings wins a one mile msw and then Channel Isle wins a 1 1/6 allownce at oaklawn.

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tcglory · Yep shure am. Also Bluegrass halls number 1 fan if you cant tell by my silks · 1970 days ago
northport · ** sure - http://dictionary.reference.com · 1970 days ago

D. Wayne Lukas

Since I have only been following horse racing for 1 1/2 years, i am curious as to why so many say he "ruins" horses. Just wondering how I could find a list of horses he has "ruined" and what he did to make them break down.

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digidot · Its Lukas's training practices that need help, how is a horse supposed to strengthen its bones if you never work them at race speeds? He seems to like to work his horses in the 1:02 range for 5/8ths and :50's for 4/8ths, that leaves the horse completely unprotected from the impact that will be experienced during an actual race. · 1973 days ago
footlick · Yes, he needed everything to go his own way for him to be successful at 10f, but he was a brilliant horse nonetheless. I always hoped they would run him in the BC Mile after his Sprint win. A beautiful horse who could turf and dirt. · 1973 days ago

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Ok people leave dwayne lukas alone! Hes been training his whole life he knows horses better then anyone. You may not like the races he picks for his horses or how he runs his horses but people are still sending him horses and havent yelled at him for running there horses in the races he picks. Hes a legend and you need to respect that and hes still very sane. If he wants to put a turf horse on the dirt let him. I never here people complain more about a horses switching surfaces and running in the wrong race more then dwaynes horses.

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travel_vic · Van Berg beat Darrel by many a year · 1988 days ago
wantwoman100 · CauseForConcern ....Your right on about Chuck..i remember they did a little story before the KTD this guy drove his truck and trailer like 2,500 miles..it was crazy !! and i was cheering just because he took a shot..Amazing ride by CB · 1987 days ago

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