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Old 03-24-2016, 10:01 AM
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Unhappy Jeff Lukas, 58

Too sad.. Great outpouring of appreciation for Jeff, sympathies to his children Brady & Kelly and D. Wayne.

Tim Layden's brilliant SI piece from a couple years ago: http://www.si.com/longform/lukas/
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Old 03-24-2016, 11:22 AM
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Condolences to the Lukas family, very sad.
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Old 03-24-2016, 11:39 AM
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Very sad indeed....Condolences to the Lukas family! Rest in Peace Horseman
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Old 03-24-2016, 12:04 PM
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Old 03-24-2016, 02:22 PM
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HRTV's Inside Information did an episode on Jeff in 2012.

Inside Information Jeff Lukas
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Old 03-24-2016, 04:24 PM
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Too sad.. Great outpouring of appreciation for Jeff, sympathies to his children Brady & Kelly and D. Wayne.

Tim Layden's brilliant SI piece from a couple years ago: http://www.si.com/longform/lukas/
That was an outstanding piece, indeed.
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Old 03-24-2016, 07:09 PM
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Just so sad. He was so full of promise, and then the accident....he had really seemed to have gotten himself to a good place. My condolences to his family and friends. Especially to his parents. No parent should ever have to bury their child.
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Old 03-25-2016, 02:13 PM
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The follow up story in SI today

http://www.si.com/horse-racing/2016/...s-horse-racing
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Old 03-25-2016, 02:31 PM
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"This is the lesson that Jeff Lukas leaves behind. We are a society of complainers, railing at the inconveniences of a narrow airplane seat or a slow Internet connection. Jeff had his entire life taken away—a big life—and embraced his new one."

to me , its somewhat profound, how one sentence can put life into perspective..
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Old 03-25-2016, 08:54 PM
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Oh, I am in tears! RIP, Jeff, with your lovely gray mares. Dallas Stewart was awesome in recalling Jeff on Steve's Show.
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