The Career of D. Wayne Lukas

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Wayne does a lot of things that are easily criticized. However as a whole his eagerness to actually race his horses as opposed to mapping out of schedules like a marketing campaign like many of the other high profile trainers is amazingly refreshing. The sport would be in much better shape if more owners would encourage trainers to take a chance now and then and not just wait for an 4 horse overnight stake at Belmont with a graded stakes quality horse.

Let's not forget that the "best trainer in America" as his vet calls him rarely can find even a 7th stringer from his massive arsenal of 3 year olds to enter in one of America's classic races.

Am I anxious to bet his horses very often? Not really but I can respect that he enjoys racing them more than he enjoys training them.