Nack BackTrack: Lukas Looks for One More Score
"See all those people down there?" D. Wayne Lukas was saying as he surveyed the tumultuous scene below. "What they are having is an out-of-body experience. It's an experience that changes you forever."
Keyword: D. Wayne Lukas
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A Nack BackTrack: Walking the Kentucky Derby Walk
It is a richly symbolic journey that has come to be known, over the last 10 or so years, as The Walk.
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Bravazo Works Toward Derby at Churchill Downs
Calumet Farm's graded stakes winner Bravazo breezed six furlongs in 1:15 2/5 April 20 at Churchill Downs in preparation for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) May 5.
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What's Going On Here: Swing Shift
Oaklawn’s 2019 calendar could be a game-changer.
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Three Things to Watch: Lukas-Stevens Up to Old Tricks?
As the Road to the Kentucky Derby heats up, each week we will take a look at three things to watch from the 3-year-old division as they head into that weekend's respective prep races.
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Dual Classic Winner, Leading Sire Thunder Gulch Dies
Dual classic winner and retired leading sire Thunder Gulch died March 19 at age 26, euthanized due to the infirmities of old age at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud.
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Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen - February 20, 2018
Find out which winner from Presidents' Day weekend made the Derby Dozen.
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Bravazo Scores the Upset in Risen Star Stakes
In his second start this year and third crack against graded stakes company, Bravazo tracked pacesetter Snapper Sinclair every step of the way and got his best stride down when it counted to win the Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds.
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Sporting Chance Works Toward 3-Year-Old Debut
Grade 1 winner Sporting Chance, in his most serious work to date at Oaklawn Park, breezed six furlongs from the gate in 1:13 4/5 the morning of Feb. 4 in advance of his scheduled 3-year-old debut in the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 19.
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Sporting Chance Confirmed for Southwest Stakes
Grade 1 winner Sporting Chance will make his 3-year-old debut in the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park Feb. 19, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas confirmed Feb. 2.
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Sporting Chance Works Toward Seasonal Debut
Grade 1 winner Sporting Chance took another step toward his 3-year-old debut, working a sharp half-mile Jan. 15 at Oaklawn Park for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas in advance of a possible start in the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 19.
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Sporting Chance Aims for Return in Southwest
Hopeful Stakes (G1) winner Sporting Chance will target the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park Feb. 19 for his return after having a knee chip removed and being sidelined for 60 days.
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Sporting Chance Sidelined with Knee Chip
Grade 1 winner Sporting Chance is out for the year after having a chip removed from a knee
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What's Going On Here: Shopping Right
Limited numbers don't stop D. Wayne Lukas, Robert Baker, and William Mack
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Lukas Has Sporting Chance in Hopeful Stakes
Sporting Chance will aim to give trainer D. Wayne Lukas his eighth win in the $350,000 Hopeful Stakes when he breaks from post 6 in a field of eight for the 113th edition of test on the closing day of the Saratoga Race Course meeting.
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Dr. Marvin Cain, 86, Dies
Dr. Marvin Cain, who advanced acupuncture therapies in Thoroughbreds in the early 1980s, died Aug. 6 at 86.
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McCraken Faces Short Field in Matt Winn at Churchill
McCraken, who went from highly thought of to an afterthought after losses in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), looks to get his confidence back in the Matt Winn Stakes.
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Pletcher Continues to Do Lukas Proud
Thanks in part to the lessons instilled by his former boss, trainer Todd Pletcher is nothing if not his own man now, with the enviable problem of constantly trying to kick his own bar of success to ever higher levels.
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Lukas: Preakness is Right Path for Gunnevera
D. Wayne Lukas assured the connections of Gunnevera they made the right call in making plans to send the chestnut colt to Baltimore following his seventh-place finish in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1).
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Plenty of Questions in One-Turn Pat Day Mile
Local Hero and Uncontested, one-time Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) hopefuls, face a new challenge cutting back to one-turn for the May 6 Pat Day Mile Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.
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Derby Museum to Become Home for Lukas Collection
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas announced April 30 that his personal Thoroughbred racing collection from his career will go to the Kentucky Derby Museum as part of its permanent collection.
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Stewart to Train, Manage Latest Churchill Racing Club
Churchill Downs will give 200 people a low-cost pathway to the excitement of Thoroughbred racehorse ownership with the 2017 Churchill Downs Racing Club.
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What's Going On Here: Most Charming
The industry could use a few more guys like Bob Lewis
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Toasting, Not Roasting, Legendary D. Wayne Lukas
They were there to roast their mentor, but by the end of the night April 17 at the Keeneland sales pavilion, the seven prominent trainers who cut their teeth under legendary D. Wayne Lukas ended up toasting their former boss.
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Covering the Derby
Steve Haskin shares memories of covering the Kentucky Derby
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What's Going On Here: Truly Charismatic
The memories of the coppery chestnut colt, are still fresh nearly two decades on. His arc—a scant two months that spring and summer—was brief, but it was oh so brilliant.
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Pippin Trio Back in Bayakoa
Stonestreet Stables' Terra Promessa, winner of Oaklawn's Jan. 14 Pippin Stakes, figures to dictate the tempo again in the Feb. 18 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) in Hot Springs.
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Arkansas Derby Trail Begins in Smarty Jones
Of the eight entered for the Smarty Jones, which offers 17 points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby standings, Warrior's Club is the lone stakes winner.
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Welcome Home, Charismatic
It seems as if Charismatic has been gone for ages, but leave it to Michael Blowen to arrange for his return to the United States.
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Lukas Drops by to See Old Friend Charismatic
On a cold day in early December D. Wayne Lukas made the 1 1/2-hour trip from Louisville, Ky. to Georgetown to catch up with the son of Summer Squall that he'd saddled to a surprise victory in the 1999 Kentucky Derby (gr. I).
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McCraken One to Beat in Kentucky Jockey Club
Eleven challengers will provide a litmus test on the quality of undefeated McCraken as a dozen juveniles have passed the entry box for the 1 1/16 miles Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II).
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Warrior’s Club Wins Spendthrift Stallion
Son of Warrior's Reward took the inaugural Spendthrift Stallion Stakes in a front-running fashion Oct. 30 at Churchill Downs
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Adirondack Edge to Ever So Clever
Ever So Clever, with a 93 Equibase Speed Figure in her July 1 debut, holds the edge with an outside post draw for the Aug. 13 Adirondack Stakes (gr. II) for juvenile fillies at Saratoga.
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Legends: Lady's Secret, the Iron Lady
Lady's Secret, an eventual Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame inductee, strung together multiple stakes wins at the highest level. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas described her as an overachiever that "you never got to the bottom of."
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Churchill to Offer Second Racing Club
In two days Churchill Downs Inc. sold out all 200 available memberships for its first racing club.
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Churchill Downs Launches Racing Club
CDI will offer up to 200 shares in a racehorse at $500 per share. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas will select and train the club's horse.
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Funeral for Jeff Lukas Will Be March 30
Family and friends will say their good-byes to Jeff Lukas during a funeral service March 30 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Atoka, Okla.
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Jeff, Wayne, and Tabasco Cat
So, how do you deal with a horse who showed great promise, but nearly killed your son, changing his life forever; a horse who was now being branded as a rogue?
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Jeff Lukas Remembered
Lukas was the only son of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
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Field Taking Shape for Rebel Stakes
Thirteen are probable for Oaklawn race, including Hopeful (gr. I) winner Ralis and Southwest (gr. III) victor Suddenbreakingnews.
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Legends: Derby Filly Winning Colors
A daughter of Caro out of All Rainbows, Winning Colors had been purchased as a yearling for $575,000, with leading trainer D. Wayne Lukas buying her on behalf of his client Eugene Klein.
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Champion Timber Country Dies at Age 24
Timber Country, the champion 2-year-old male of 1994 and 1995 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner who went on to a successful stallion career in Japan, died Feb. 24 at Lex Stud in Hokkaido at age 24.
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Bob & Beverly Lewis: Beloved Racing Royalty
Few people in the sport have ever been as genuinely beloved and admired as Bob and Beverly Lewis.
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Champion Sprinter Gulch Euthanized at Age 32
Gulch, champion sprinter of 1988, was euthanized the morning of Jan. 17 because of complications of cancer at Old Friends retirement facility near Georgetown, Ky
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Exchange Rate, 19, Euthanized
Exchange Rate, who has stood at Three Chimneys Farm for the last nine years and has sired 68 stakes winners, was euthanized Jan. 11.
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Lukas Recognized for Texas A&M Donation
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, during a recent trip to Texas A&M University in College Station, was recognized not only for his success on the racetrack but also for his generosity in sharing a piece of racing history.
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Champion Take Charge Brandi Retired
No decision yet on whether the 2014 champion will be sold at Keeneland November.
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D. Wayne Lukas Hospitalized in Pennsylvania
D. Wayne Lukas has been hospitalized near Philadelphia, the Hall of Famer trainer's assistant, Tim Austin, said Sept. 20.
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Champion Take Charge Brandi Returns in Test
Take Charge Brandi will cut back in distance, but not in class, when last year's champion 2-year-old filly starts for the first time since January in the $500,000 Longines Test Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.
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Take Charge Brandi to Test, Travers Next?
If Take Charge Brandi aces her comeback in the Aug. 8 Test Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga against her own division, a run against the boys could be possible in the Aug. 29 Travers Stakes (gr. I), said owner Willis Horton.
