Excellent Angle: D Wayne Off
 

Did you guys see the horse that just won the 7th race at Hollywood Park? D Wayne had been training the horse and even though the horse had a problem he just kept running the horse anyway. The horse runs 8th beaten by 23 lengths in her debut. Then Lukas runs her again 2 1/2 weeks later and she runs 10th beaten by 32 lengths. Then he brings her back a month later and she runs dead last beaten by 17 lengths. She had to basically ease 3 times in a row for him to figure out that she needed time off.

Anyway, they took the horse away from Lukas. They gave the horse a break and gave her to Baffert. Baffert brings her back today after a 9 month layoff and she wins easily in the 7th race at Hollywood Park. Her name is Rapport. She only improved by 25 lengths switching from Lukas to Baffert.

This isn't the first horse that Thoroughbred Legends took away from Lukas. There was one last week that they moved to Baffert and that horse ran a good 3rd. I don't know if they have taken all of their horses away from Lukas or just a few.

That reminds me of a filly, who's name escapes me, that ran about ten years ago or so for Lukas.

Claimboxx, over at the old AOL boards, told me this filly was a cripple and that if she wasn't scratched out of a race she was entered in, she'd probably be dead by the end of the race.

Sure enough, she ran, broke down, and was euthanized.

Check out New Madrid's PPs.

Who would you send your horse to?

1.Dallas Stewart
2.Mark Hennig
3.D. Wayne Lukas
4.Jamie Sanders (Teuflesburg)

Ut-ohhhhhh

I think Tueflesberg would have been the best of that 2007 crop had he been with a competent trainer..and that is a mouth full.

hmmm. another interesting angle.

I can't hold back on this Lukas thing. I recall when Union City broke down in the Preakness. I was told later that 'ole D. Wayne knew that horse was not 100%. I don't think he gives a darn about his horses as long as he has something to run in the big races. I would be affraid to give him a Shetland Pony to care for. :mad:

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

I just noticed D Wayne is having a rough time at Churchill this meet. He has the worst numbers of any trainer at the meet. He is 0 for 25.

Yeah, that's real great if you don't give a crap about your horses.

I think that's the point, btw.

And yet, you don't seem to understand.

Yeah you are right. I rather put those horses in the hands of a juicer and then present it as an illusion of a healthy horse.

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.

One of the main reasons Lukas did so well in the 80s was because he was one of the only guys using steroids. His 2 year olds were the size of 3 year olds. That's why he did so well with 2 year olds. And before you knew it, Lukas was spending $80-$100 million a year on horses while most other big trainers were spending $5 million a year. When you're one of the only guys using steroids and you're outspending everyone by 10x, it's no surprise that he won a ton of races.

After everyone else started using steroids, Lukas' edge was gone.

Clearly.

Yeah, I thought it was pretty ironic, him talking about juice trainers like Lukas never did that.

In the future, please try to refrain from making sense when somebody babbles a bunch of diarrhea from their mouth.

In the last 8-10 years almost everyone would trade their resumes. He hasn't done much except run horses in wrong spots in the major races so he could be in the spotlight. Most of these horses probably would have been better served being developed slowly than rushed so that Lukas could still seem relevant.

When he's gone from the business, it will be interesting to see how his legacy is ultimately written. Going unmentioned in this very fair discussion is that in addition to the well-documented litany of horses he's destroyed, Lukas also is well known for having pillaged the bank accounts of several owners. His methods have successfully driven many well-heeled parties from the sport.

blinkers were taken off that horse as well
anyone have any info why shug mcgauhey has gone so sour
that man was great at one time
now whenever he has a fav its a toss out

Yep, they sure would..