D. Wayne LucasThe Hall of Famer, who has become one of the most skillful horse trainers with seven prekness, four Kentaki Derby and four Belmont Stakes winning, has died. He was 89 years old.
His family said in a statement on Sunday Churchill daonsLouisville, Kentaki, Race Course where he won his first deed in 1988, Lucas died on Saturday night at his house. Lucas was hospitalized A severe MRSA with blood transfusions that caused significant damage to its heart and digestive system and spoiled the already existing conditions.
His family said in a statement, “Wayne dedicated his life not only to horses but also to the industry – by developing cavalry and horse generations and inviting unwanted fans in the winner’s circle.” “Whether he was proud of a 2-year-old girl as the next Kentaki Derby winner or offering calm words of advice before a big race, the Ven had brought heart, grace and patience in every corner of the game. He was spent at home in Kentki on his last day, where he had chosen peace, family and faith.”
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Lucas won 15 triple Crown Race, including Kentaki Derby Four times. Only good friend Bob befurt The more triple crown is a win, and the Lucas Breeders Cup owns a record-hang 20 at the World Championship.
“The complete secret of this game, I think, is able to read the horse: read what he needs, what he can’t do, what he can do, what he can do,” Lucas said before his 34th and final Prekness stakes in May. “This is a complete key. Everyone has found a blacksmith, everyone is available on the same bed, feed man. We can all rent a good jockey. We can all rent a very good exercise rider. If we have found means, what is the difference?
In the history of 149 years of the race, no one has made more horses unhappy than Lucas with 48 since his debut in 1980. They told CBS Baltimore In 2013, he felt that he had a habit to identify horses with talent.
He said, “Three of the six horses I bought last year are in Prekness.” “So I am very proud of him, after seeing 3,000.”
Retired Jockey Donna Brothers, now an NBC Sports Analyst, once Lucas is called “a magician” For his ability to develop horse ability. “He has been doing for many years, and he can continue to produce those types of results,” Brothers said in 2022.
Lucas was lovingly known as “coaches” around the barn and racetrack as he coached High School Basketball before his professional career with horses. Even with months to go before his 90th birthday, he got up on his pony in the morning and took himself to the track instead of allowing his assistants to work day by day.
Born on September 2, 1935 in Visconsin as the second of the three children in Darnell Wayne Lucas, he grew prominently in the game with quarters horses in the race which is effectively sprint. He moved to Thorbreads in the late 1970s and won his first prekness with Codex in 1980.
Lucas has a 4,967 documents in fully racing, with his horses over $ 310 million from the onset of over 30,600.
Bill Carrstagen, CEO of Churchill Downs Ink, said, “Today we lost one of the great champions of Churchill Downs and one of the most important figures in fully racing in the last 50 years.” “We will remember his humor, his intellect and his unmatched ability to thrill fans with his horses performance in the biggest days of his game.”
Getting something of a career renaissance in the last decade, one gives the right owners to find out to spend money on horses, Lucas won Precness with Gray last yearAsked what inspires them to do their work well in the late 80s, they gave a pap talk fit for a locker room before a big game.
“If you have a passion, you finish all the excuses,” Lucas said. “This is how it works. You get up early. You go without food. You drive. You sleep without sleeping. Do not let that couch pull you down. It’s a little easier when he leaves to say an alarm, ‘Oh my God, I don’t know that I really want to do so today.’ Erase it.
