The great D. Wayne Lukas, trainer of almost 5,000 winners, has retired and is entering hospice care due to a serious illness.

The Hall of Famer, who has entered hospice at 89, won so many big races with so many horses that it’s hard to identify him with just one.

Across the breadth of the last 15 years, as Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas aged into his ninth decade ...

Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas, 89, has returned home under hospice care after a hospitalization in ...

The family of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas announced on June 22 that the 89-year-old had immediately retired from ...

Wayne Lukas, 89, is at home after being hospitalized in Louisville. A severe MRSA blood infection caused significant damage ...

I t was early May 1994, and D. Wayne Lukas had been on a brutal run. The erstwhile king of thoroughbred trainers hadn’t won a ...

Legendary thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas, 89, is back home after being hospitalized in Louisville. He will no longer ...

Medical issues force the end of a legendary training career, while Churchill Downs hosts a thrilling clash between winners of ...

The news about the hospitalization and retirement of D. Wayne Lukas came without warning. Lukas, 89, is at home after being ...

D. Wayne Lukas’ horses have been transferred to assistant trainer Sebastian “Bas” Nicholl, who has been part of Lukas’ team ...