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Originally Posted by CSC
I guess the obvious question on inquiry minds is why the student(s) have passed the teacher? Almost everyone that worked for him is better statistically than he is when they leave...I don't think even the most challenged handicapper would wager on a Lukas horse with supreme confidence here in the present.
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Lukas lost a lot of good clients along with the assistants that left. He was also a lot more aggressive about running horses (and still is) than the younger guys who are more aware of their win percentage. I never heard Allen Jerkens or Wayne lukas say a word about win % when i worked for them. They never saw it to have any importance which it really doesnt especially to the degree that it is used as a measuring stick. win % is the white elephant in the room that no one ever seems to bring up when we talk about horses making fewer and fewer starts per year.