Lukas down to 40 horses

#1 12-26-2006, 02:13 PM

Lukas is scaling down (or maybe a lack of) his stable to 40 horses. He is going to have all them at Oaklawn and he is going to train them himself. He was quoted as saying that he likes Oaklawn because of the 3 year old program.

Lukas has taken a hit due to the deaths of W T Young and Bob Lewis and also the split from Padua. I think it is good to see Lukas back and sort of excited about an upcoming year. Not sure how good of stock he has but hopefully we will see him come the 1st Saturday in May with a KY Derby starter.

packerbacker7964 · #2 12-26-2006, 02:18 PM

Link? I hope it's true because I've got friends working the backside there that would love a chance to work for him.

#3 12-26-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by packerbacker7964

Link? I hope it's true because I've got friends working the backside there that would love a chance to work for him.

I got the article from courier-journal.com since we get horrible racing news in Indy. Below is the link.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/...D=200661225002

#4 12-26-2006, 02:45 PM

He is not a youngster anymore. I know he loves what he does. Even if some do not agree with his tactics.

#5 12-26-2006, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by pgardn

He is not a youngster anymore. I know he loves what he does. Even if some do not agree with his tactics.

I agree. At 71 it is hard to have operations at multiple tracks. I think it is good for him and racing to have him scale down and be at one track.

Gander · #6 12-26-2006, 02:48 PM

I think it would be good for the welfare of horses for him to be gone.

Pointg5 · #7 12-26-2006, 02:22 PM

There was an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer about this on Sunday, I thought they said he was going to train 70 horses though...

Pointg5 · #8 12-26-2006, 02:24 PM

Euro was correct, it is 40, scroll down to the bottom...

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d...2250376/-1/all