Notable reaction to the death of thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas: "Wayne was a game changer, transforming horse racing for the better. He made it so the horse's bloodlines were more important than ...

A legend in horseracing was missing from this year's Preakness as it was the first without legendary trainer D. Wayne Lucas.

The 152nd Run for the Roses will be the first Kentucky Derby since the death of D. Wayne Lukas last year. The 89-year-old legend was one of the biggest champions of the sport, on and off the track.

On a day just before the 151st Kentucky Derby, D. Wayne Lukas sat tall atop his stable pony, surveying the Churchill Downs backstretch like a general at morning roll call. Two-year-old thoroughbreds ...

A horse comes off the track through the Lukas Gap gate, named in honor of deceased Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. (AP ...

While D. Wayne Lukas' death leaves a void at Churchill Downs, the trainers that competed against still feel his presence at ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — D. Wayne Lukas always talked up his latest crop of 2-year-old horses with an eye toward the next Kentucky Derby, telling his wife to get her dress for Oaks day. “This was what ...