Lukas - Off to a good start.
 

The story is in todays morning edition of the DRF. I was interested in seeing how lukas does at Oaklawn. This is the first time in a very long time that he had all his horses at one track. And it is the first time in a long time that he is personally training all of the horses. Below are his stats and the link to the story.

Also, is seems like patrons are once again coming out to the track and they are spending their money which is awesome. Oaklawn is one track that gets "it."

Also, does anyone know anything about this Steve Hobby? I don't think I ever heard of him. But he is also off to a great start as well.

D. Wayne Lukas 13 3 2 2

http://www.drf.com/news/article/82049.html

Steve Hobby trained one of the funnest horses, and local Oaklawn hero, CHINDI!

Well I didnt know that. I certainly know Chindi. Thanks for the information.

He was a favorite of mine, the gray use to always dropped back to
last and made one big run. Will never forget Terry Wallace saying i
n his race calls Chindi is picking them up and laying them down.
I heard that he is a stable pony for Hobby.

My favorite Oaklawn horse was Boozing. I will remember Terry Wallace always saying.....and Booooozzzziiinnnggg.

Watch Chindi's February 2nd race here:

http://www.calracing.com/replays.php

And a photo of his retirement:

http://www.horsephotos.com/watermark.jsp?photoID=35983

The best part is you could hear the crowd going wild when he ran. If you stand in front of his stall he'll stare you down all day. He's not mean, just the boss. :)

surprise you never have heard of steve hobby euro. if you know who tim doocy is you gotta know him. chindi is one of my all times, got to watch the big grey run and triumph quite a few times in chicago. i remember his last win@oaklawn i believe he was the longest shot on the board in a compact field

until now I could toss any horse trained by D. Wayne Lukas...
I didn't bet him last Saturday. Didn't even look at the horses he had and it cost me dealry. :( I will be more forgiving next time, but he will have a horse that he thinks should win in a walk that won't hit the board - then he will know the heaviest $2 in racing has put it to him.