Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred race horse trainer. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 316 × 475 pixelsFull resolution (316 × 475 pixel, file size: 49 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) D.Wayne Lukas book cover ISBN 0071387374 This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 316 × 475 pixelsFull resolution (316 × 475 pixel, file size: 49 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) D.Wayne Lukas book cover ISBN 0071387374 This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... U.S. 45/WIS 47/WIS 52 intersecting WIS 64 in Antigo. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. ...

Lukas began training quarter horses in California in 1968 and after ten years of considerable achievement that saw him train 23 world champions, he switched to training thoroughbred race horses where he has become one of the most successful in history. The first trainer to earn more than $100 million in purse money, he has been the year's top money winner 14 times. A palomino Quarter Horse shown in-hand. ... Official language(s) English Capital  Sacramento Largest city  Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

His horses have won the Kentucky Derby four times, the Preakness Stakes on five occasions, and have claimed victory four times in the Belmont Stakes, including the unique 1995 Triple Crown where Lukas-trained horses Thunder Gulch (Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes) and Timber Country (Preakness) won the three races, making him the first trainer to sweep the Triple Crown with two different horses in a season, which to the former basketball coach was akin to winning a state championship with two different sets of starting players. Fillies he has trained have won the Kentucky Oaks four times and in addition his 18 Breeders' Cup wins is more than any other trainer. Three of his horses, Lady's Secret in 1986 and Criminal Type in 1990,Charismatic in 1999 won the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year honors. Churchill Downs racetrack, 1998 The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... Filly is also a town in Belgium. ... The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky. ... The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. ... Ladys Secret, born on April 8, 1982, was an American champion thoroughbred filly race horse. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

D. Wayne Lukas has won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer four times. In 1999, the same year his horse Charismatic came within a furlong of the Triple Crown, he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. His parents came from Czech. He is known for his trademark sunglasses. The Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor for trainers. ... Charismatic was the winner of the Kentucky Derby in 1999. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In March of 2007, Lukas was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, becoming the first person to enter both the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse halls of fame.

References

• DeVito, Carlo. D. Wayne : The High-Rolling and Fast Times of America's Premier Horse Trainer (2002) McGraw-Hill ISBN 0-07-138737-4
• D. Wayne Lukas at the United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
• American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame

D. Wayne Lukas is also known for his sartorial fashion sense. For the races, he dresses to the nines. The McGraw-Hill Companies logo. ...