Lukas trained thousands of thoroughbred horses, and 51 ran in 31 different Kentucky Derbys. He won the race four times.

Churchill Downs said D. Wayne Lukas passed away at his home in Louisville Saturday night, June 28. The 89-year-old had been ...

I’m really proud the way that he finished to hold off some of the best horses in the country right now,” jockey Irad Ortiz Jr ...

Lukas has won the Kentucky Derby four times and five Kentucky Oaks races during his time in the horse racing industry.

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who saddled four Kentucky Derby winners among his 15 winners of US Triple Crown races, ...

Lukas is second all-time in Triple Crown wins with 15, and tied for the lead with 20 Breeders Cup championships.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Godolphin dominated the owner standings but the leading trainer title was still in ...

Kentucky Derby 151 contender Coal Battle prepares to train at Churchill Downs on Monday morning, April 21, 2025. The horse has earned $1,188,875 so far in his career.

Sovereignty ran away with the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday at a muddy Churchill Downs and it only took a few minutes of celebrating before the obvious question was asked of the thoroughbred's ...

Kentucky Derby earnings for Top 5 finishers First: Sovereignty, $3.1 million Second: Journalism, $1 million Third: Baeza, $500,000 Fourth: Final Gambit, $250,000 Fifth: Owen Almighty, $150,000 ...

Over the last 87 years, at least 32 horses have raced in the Kentucky Derby before or after running at least once at Delaware Park. But the First State has never had a Derby to call its own.