Trainer D. Wayne Lukas

Born: 09/02/1935, Antigo, Wisconsin  Resides: Louisville, Kentucky  Family: Jeff, son

Lukas, perhaps the best known trainer at Oaklawn in 2007, finished the meeting in a fourth place tie with J. Larry Jones aseach man wound up with 16 winners

.Lukas sent out 96 Spa starters as his barn accounted for $555,400 in earnings.

The Lukas trained Times Mistress won the $100,000 Honeybee Stakes on March 16.

Lukas trained at the Spa the entire meeting for the first time, but has often had stables here under key assistants.“I really like Hot Springs.I especially like the program here for three-year-olds.We have always had good luck here,” he commented.

Lukas has achieved many outstanding feats in his Hall of Fame career, among them leading Oaklawn’s Racing Festival of the South in races won.

He tops the great series with 13, followed by Bill Mott, 9, and Ron McAnally, 8.By November of 2007, The Lukas horses had earned more than 2.1 million.

Lukas came into racing by way of quarter horses before turning to thoroughbreds on a full time basis in 1978.Over the years he has trained for many prominent clients such as Eugene Klein, Mel Hatley, the late W.T. Young, Michael Tabor and Beverly and Bob Lewis.Four times he has been honored as an Eclipse Award trainer.

His Hall of Fame induction came at Saratoga in 1999.

His assistants who went on to become outstanding in their own rights include Dallas Stewart, Todd Pletcher, Randy Bradshaw, Mark Hennig, and Kiaran McLaughlin.

Not only was Lukas the first trainer to have his stable reach $100 million in earnings, he was the first to attain $200 million.Lukas has won the Kentucky Derby four times, Preakness, five, and Belmont Stakes four times.

Three of his thoroughbreds have won Horse of the Year while 24 have been thoroughbred champions, 13 have captured Triple Crown races.

He has long been the most dominant trainer in the Breeders’ Cup, saddling 18 winners in that series.In 1987 he won a record 92 stakes.