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Originally Posted by merasmag
came in to turn this off so in light of what u just said what makes lukas any better than those guys? is it his suits?
i guess this means richi's (it is richi, right?) saying that dwl is no better a person than a guy who runs cheap claimers into the ground to make a quick buck-if he's not saying it, if what he has said is true, i'm sayin it
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Love the line about the suits . But I have always felt DWL pounded his fancy stock like claimers . The man's record though is impressive, but rest assured, many of his big buck purchases are toiling away in obscurity . The man had carte blanche at the sales. However there was a reason for it . He is a fabulous judge of precocious stock . That got him there and he rode the gravy train . His barn and horses are impeccably turned out . And so is he . Great business . I thought his quarter horse background would keep him from making a splash in the TC and longer BC races, but though it took awhile, I was wrong Many of his horses, however, failed to train on in maturity---not that this does not happen to other trainers especially very recently ---and Steinlen is one who comes to mind that raced successfully as an older horse . But he only GOT Steinlen as a mature individual . Though I do not like the man or his training regime, I thought he did a very good job with Charismatic--recognizing an innate ability to go long, despite the colt's class jump . In fairness, the Belmont breakkdown could have happened with another trainer, so I will not lump this in with other D. Wayne catastrophies like Union City which was rumored to be unsound before his Preakness fatality . I have no knowledge about Lukas' insurabilty on his horses, but a vet friend who interned at a prominent equine clinic told me that when Lukas sent horses there they were significantly damaged .