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Originally Posted by eurobounce
Does a horse named Keyed Entry come to mind as a horse than was put in spots that were over his head. And I am sure I can name more. I just dont feel like doing the research. Every top trainer has horses that run in races above their head.
And percentages DO NOT MATTER. It is the whole number that matters. If you have 10 horses and one breaks down then you are at 10%. If you have 200 horses and 20 breakdown then you are at 10%. You can make numbers say whatever you want. That is why you need to know the number of horses trained compared to the number that broke down. You look at the whole number.
I think assistant trainers learn a great deal from their mentor. That is how it is. U will get no argument from me that Lukas was blessed with talented assistant that may or may not be better trainers than him.
And again, we will see how well Lukas does down at Oaklawn. I don't care either way, but the man has won everything but the Triple Crown. I don't see how you can see he isnt any good.
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he has won the triple crown, altho not with just one horse. he beat his derby winner with his preakness winner. i think at one point he won about 7 tc races in a row.
but i don't think he having steroids is the sole reason he won so much, there's more to it than that. and wasn't he a successful basketball coach, and then a QH trainer before taking off with thoroughbreds?
saw above about his work with serena's tune. he also did well with spain, who was the top $ earner for distaffers until azeri took the top spot away.