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[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

and yet any and every trainer in the country would trade thier resume for his anytime.

What good is a resume if you don't have a reputation to go with it? His reputation is about as poor as it gets and his peers do not respect his ability as a trainer.

When all is said and done I think Baffert and Pletcher will have more Derby wins and Triple crown wins than Lukas. But I don't think that Triple Crown wins are necessarily the most important thing. Frankel never won a Derby but he was still a great trainer. Frankel is 100x more respected than Lukas. There is no comparison.

How many times did Charlie Whittingham win the Kentucky Derby? He won it twice but he hardly ever ran horses in the Derby. He wanted his horses to last. He wouldn't run an injured horse and risk their career just to take a shot at the Derby. Whittingham's Derby record is more impressive than Lukas IMO. He won it twice and he barely ever ran horses in it.