About D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas (September 2, 1935 – June 28, 2025) was an American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. He won 20 Breeders' Cup races, 15 Triple Crown races, received five Eclipse Awards for his accomplishments, and his horses won 25 year-end Eclipse Awards. Lukas was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2007. == Early life and education == Lukas was born on September 2, 1935, in Antigo, Wisconsin, where his parents had a farm. He grew up with an interest in horses. As an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he was initiated into the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a master's degree in education, then taught at Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he was a head basketball coach. == Career == Lukas began training quarter horses in California in 1968 and after 10 years of achievement that saw him train 24 world champions, he switched to training thoroughbreds. His first win as a thoroughbred trainer was on October 20, 1977, at Santa Anita Park. The first trainer to earn more than $100 million in purse money, he was the year's top money winner 14 times.
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