283 - 28, 30, 29
$1,717,758
47 - 4, 4, 6
$380,519
Althea: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (1983)
Azeri: Top Older Female (2004)
Boston Harbor: Top 2-Year-Old Male (1996)
Capote: Top 2-Year-Old Male (1986)
Charismatic: Horse of the Year (1999); Top 3-Year-Old Male (1999)
Criminal Type: Horse of the Year (1990); Top Older Male (1990)
Family Style: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (1985)
Flanders: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (1994)
Folklore: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (2005)
Golden Attraction: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (1995)
Gulch: Top Sprinter (1988)
Lady’s Secret: Horse of the Year (1986); Top Older Female (1986)
Landaluce: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (1982)
Life’s Magic: Top Older Female (1985); Top 3-Year-Old Filly (1984)
North Sider: Top Older Female (1987)
Open Mind: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (1989); Top 2-Year-Old Filly (1988)
Orientate: Top Sprinter (2002)
Sacahuista: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (1987)
Serena’s Song: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (1995)
Steinlen: Top Turf Male (1989)
Surfside: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2000)
Take Charge Brandi: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (2014)
Thunder Gulch: Top 3-Year-Old Male (1995)
Timber Country: Top 2-Year-Old Male (1994)
Will Take Charge: Top 3-Year-Old Male (2013)
Winning Colors: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (1988)
* 1992 Saratoga, 14 wins (tie)
* 1991 Belmont spring/summer, 20 (tie)
* 1991 Saratoga, 16
* 1990 Saratoga, 10
* 1990 Belmont spring/summer, 24
* 1989 NYRA, 104
* 1989 Saratoga, 16
* 1989 Belmont spring/summer, 24
* 1988-89 Aqueduct inner track, 23
* 1988 NYRA, 140
* 1988 Belmont fall, 14 (tie)
* 1988 Saratoga, 16
* 1988 Belmont spring/summer, 33
* 1987 Belmont spring/summer, 25
* 1986 Saratoga, 13
* 1985 Belmont spring/summer, 26
* Inducted into the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 1999 and American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2007
* In 2014 received the “Saratoga Red Jacket Award” along with fellow Hall of Famer H.
Allen Jerkens and legendary race caller Tom Durkin
* Won the Eclipse Award as Top Trainer four times - 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1994. In 2013, received an Eclipse Award of Merit
* Has trained 26 Eclipse Award winners, more than any other trainer in history
* Has 20 Breeders’ Cup wins
* Became the first trainer in history to reach $200 million in career earnings, in 1999
* Has won 14 Triple Crown races, taking the Kentucky Derby four times (filly Winning
Colors in 1988, Thunder Gulch in 1995, Grindstone in 1996 and Charismatic in 1999),
the Preakness six times (Codex in 1980, Tank’s Prospect in 1985, Tabasco Cat in 1994, Timber Country in 1995, Charismatic in 1999 and Oxbow in 2013) and the Belmont Stakes four times (Tabasco Cat in 1994, Thunder Gulch in 1995, Editor’s Note in 1996 and Commendable in 2000)
* Named the 1999 Turf Publicists of America’s “Big Sport of Turfdom”
* With exception of 1993, Lukas led the nation in earnings every year 1983-97
* Won six straight Triple Crown races from the 1994 Preakness Stakes (Tabasco Cat) to the 1996 Kentucky Derby (Grindstone).
* Became the first trainer to win all three legs of the Triple Crown with two different horses in 1995 when Thunder Gulch won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont and Timber Country won the Preakness
* Has won the Travers three times: Corporate Report in 1991, Thunder Gulch in 1995, and Will Take Charge in 2013
* Trained 23 world champion quarter horses, including two-time Horse of the Year Dash for Cash
* Grew up on a 10-acre farm a few miles outside of Antigo, WI, a dairy and farming town with a population of about 8,600
* Worked as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin for two years and coached high school for nine years
* Began racing horses at Park Jefferson Racetrack in South Dakota during the summer
* Settled in California in 1972 and dominated quarter-horse racing as a trainer
* Turned to thoroughbreds on a full-time basis in 1974 and began sending a division to New York in 1984
* “Even before I started coaching basketball, I worked the county fair circuit. My mother wanted me to make a contribution to society, so I became a teacher, but from Day 1 I knew what I wanted to do was train horses.”
* Harbor Hauler, September 13, 1974, Pomona
A Wild Ride: Hempstead H. (1991); Shuvee H. (1991)
Althea: Arkansas Derby (1984); Santa Susana (1984); Las Virgenes (1984); Hollywood Starlet (1983); Del Mar Futurity (1983); H’wood Juvenile Champ. (1983)
Arewehavingfunyet: Oak Leaf (1985)
Azeri: Spinster (2004); Go for Wand H. (2004); Apple Blossom (2004)
Badger Land: Flamingo (1986)
Be Fair: Lake George (2009)
Bite the Bullet: Sanford (1989)
Blush With Pride: Ashland (1982); Kentucky Oaks (1982)
Bordeaux Bob: Iselin (1987)
Boston Harbor: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (1996)
Boston Park: Whirlaway (2003)
Box Office Gold: Tempted (1988)
Bright Launch: Saratoga Special (1995)
Cape Town: Florida Derby (1998)
Capote: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (1986); Norfolk (1986)
Cara Rafaela: Hollywood Starlet (1995)
Carson City: Fall Highweight H. (1990)
Cash Run: Breeders’ Cup Juv. Fillies (1999)
Cat Thief: Breeders’ Cup Classic (1999); Swaps (1999)
City Band: Oak Leaf (1996)
City Fair: Correction (2002)
Challenge My Duty: Gallant Fox (1991)
Charismatic: Preakness (1999); Kentucky Derby (1999)
Chase the Dream: East View (1986)
Chic Shirine: Ashland (1987)
Chimes Band: Fall Highweight (1994); King’s Bishop (1994)
Clabber Girl: Top Flight (1988)
Classic Crown: Gazelle (1988); Frizette (1987)
Classic Elegance: Schuylerville (2004)
Clear Choice: Swaps (1986); Withers (1986)
Clever Secret: Aqueduct (1988)
Codex: Preakness (1980); Hollywood Derby (1980); Santa Anita Derby (1980)
Commendable: Belmont Stakes (2000)
Consolidator: Breeders’ Futurity (2004)
Corporate Report: Travers (1991)
Cougarized: Nashua (1987)
Criminal Type: Whitney (1990); Hollywood Gold Cup (1990); Metropolitan H. (1990); Pimlico Special (1990)
Cuddles: Hollywood Starlet (1990)
Deposit Ticket: Sanford (1990)
Dodge: Best Turn (1991)
Dream Team: Oak Leaf (1987)
Dublin: Hopeful (2009)
Dynaformer: Discovery (1988)
Editor’s Note: Super Derby (1996); Belmont Stakes (1996)
Exchange Rate: Tom Fool (2001)
Family Style: Spinaway (1985); Frizette (1985)
Farma Way: Pimlico Special (1991); Santa Anita H. (1991)
Faster Than Sound: Westchester (1988)
Feel the Beat: Interborough (1990-91); Ballerina (1990); Cicada (1988)
Fiesta Gal: Coaching Club American Oaks (1987); Mother Goose (1987)
Fiesta Lady: Matron (1984)
Flanders: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (1994); Frizette (1994); Matron (1994); Spinaway (1994)
Folklore: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (2005); Matron (2005); Adirondack (2005)
Formal Dinner: Aqueduct (1990); Sanford (1990)
For Really: A Phenomenon (1992)
Free at Last: Hill Prince (1992)
Fulbright Scholar: Busher (1988)
Gene’s Lady: Interborough (1986-87); Ballerina (1986); Correction (1986)
Golden Attraction: Frizette (1995); Matron (1995); Spinaway (1995); Schuylerville (1995)
Grand Canyon: Hollywood Futurity (1989); Norfolk (1989)
Grand Slam: Peter Pan (1998), Champagne (1997); Futurity (1997)
Grindstone: Kentucky Derby (1996)
Gulch: Breeders’ Cup Sprint (1988); Carter (1988) Metropolitan H. (1988)
Hail Atlantis: Santa Anita Oaks (1990)
Harlan: Vosburgh (1994)
Hennessy: Hopeful (1995)
High Brite: Paumonok (1989); Gravesend (1988); Sport Page (1988); A Phenomenon (1988); True North (1988); Whirlaway (1987)
High Yield: Blue Grass (2000); Fountain of Youth (2000); Hopeful (1999)
Highest Glory: Rare Perfume (1989)
Honour and Glory: King’s Bishop (1996); Metropolitan H. (1996)
Houston: Bay Shore (1989)
Image of Greatness: San Felipe (1985)
Imaginary Lady: Santa Anita Oaks (1989)
Imp Society: Stymie (1985); Oaklawn (1985)
Is It True: Jim Dandy (1989); Riva Ridge (1989); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (1988)
Island Whirl: Super Derby (1982); Woodward (1982)
Jazzing Around: Riva Ridge (1987); Empire (1986)
Jump Start: Saratoga Special (2001)
Katz Me If You Can: Genuine Risk (2001)
Ketoh: Cowdin (1985)
Lady’s Secret: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1986); Whitney (1986); Beldame (1985-86); Ruffian (1985-86); Maskette (1985-86); Shuvee H. (1986); Santa Margarita (1986); Ballerina (1985); Test (1985)
Landaluce: Hollywood Lassie (1982)
Le Slew: Vagrancy (1986)
Life at the Top: Ladies (1986); Mother Goose (1986); Rare Perfume (1986)
Life’s Magic: Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1985); Shuvee H. (1985); Alabama (1984); Beldame (1984); Mother Goose (1984); Oak Leaf (1983)
Lovelier: Miss Grillo (1986)
Love Luck: Hollywood Starlet (1997)
Lucky Lucky Lucky: Kentucky Oaks (1984); Matron (1983)
Magicalmysterycat: Schuylerville (1999)
Marfa: Santa Anita Derby (1983)
Market Booster: Long Island (1994); Sheepshead Bay (1994)
Marlin: Arlington Million (1997); San Juan Capistrano (1997); Hollywood Derby (1996);
Secretariat (1996)
Minister Wife: Demoiselle (1994)
Miss Huntington: Apple Blossom (1983)
Mountain Cat: Sanford (1992)
Mt. Livermore: Fall Highweight H. (1985); Carter (1985)
Muttering: Santa Anita Derby (1982)
Nervous Baba: Adirondack (1985) North Sider: Vagrancy (1987); Maskette (1987);
Apple Blossom (1987); Santa Margarita (1987)
Notebook: Hollie Hughes (1989); Best Turn (1988); Mike Lee (1988); Bertram F. Bongard (1987); Damon Runyon (1987)
One of a Klein: Oak Leaf (1988)
On the Line: Carter (1989); San Fernando (1988)
Open Mind: Alabama (1989); Coaching Club American Oaks (1989); Mother Goose (1989); Acorn (1989); Kentucky Oaks (1989); Demoiselle (1988); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (1988)
Orientate: Breeders’ Cup Sprint (2002); Forego (2002); Alfred G. Vanderbilt (2002)
Over All: Matron (1987); Spinaway (1987); Adirondack (1987); Schuylerville (1987)
Oxbow: Preakness (2013)
Pancho Villa: King’s Bishop (1985); Bay Shore (1985)
Patches: Hollywood Oaks (1990)
Pat Copelan: Adirondack (1988)
Pearl City: Ballerina (1997); Prioress (1997)
Pine Tree Lane: Genuine Risk (1987); Carter (1987); Bold Ruler (1987); Distaff (1987)
Positive Gal: Floral Park (1999)
Power Lunch: Gallant Fox (1990)
Profit Key: Peter Pan (1990); Dwyer (1990)
Quick Action: Fred Capossela (2004)
Richard R.: Bay Shore (1990)
River Memories: Flower Bowl H. (1989); Rothmans International (1987)
Roo Art: Suburban (1986); Iselin (1986); Nassau County (1986); Assault (1986)
Sacahuista: Oak Leaf (1986); Schuylerville (1986); Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1987); Spinster (1987)
Salt Lake: King’s Bishop (1992); Fall Highweight H. (1992); Tremont (1991); Hopeful (1991); Cowdin (1991)
Salty Perfume: Adirondack (1997)
Saratoga Six: Del Mar Futurity (1984)
Scorpion: Jim Dandy (2001)
Seaside Attraction: Kentucky Oaks (1990)
Serena’s Song: Hempstead (1996); Santa Maria (1996); Santa Monica (1996); Beldame (1995); Haskell (1995); Mother Goose (1995); Gazelle (1995); Santa Anita Oaks (1995); Las Virgenes (1995); Hollywood Starlet (1994); Oak Leaf (1994)
Sharp Cat: Acorn (1997); Santa Anita Oaks (1997); Las Virgenes (1997); Hollywood Starlet (1996); Matron (1996)
Sharp Dance: Beldame (1991)
Shawnee Country: Tempted (1999)
Sir Richard Lewis: NYSS Great White Way (1989); NYSS (1989)
Slew City Slew: Oaklawn H. (1989); Gulfstream Park H. (1989)
Snow Ridge: San Carlos H. (2002)
Some Romance: Frizette (1988); Matron (1988)
Sovereign Don: Sanford (1985); Saratoga Special (1985); Tremont (1985) Spain: La Brea (2000); Breeders’ Cup Distaff (2000)
Sports View: Discovery (1990); Queens County (1990); Aqueduct (1985)
Snow Ridge: San Carlos H. (2002)
Stalwart: Hollywood Futurity (1981); Norfolk (1981)
Star of Cozzene: Kelso (1991)
Steinlen: Hollywood Turf Cup (1990); Breeders’ Cup Mile (1989); Saratoga BC (1988); Daryl’s Joy (1989); Bernard Baruch (1989); Arlington Million (1989)
Stella Madrid: Acorn (1990); Frizette (1989); Matron (1989); Spinaway (1989)
Stellar Jayne: Gazelle (2004); Mother Goose (2004)
Strong Mandate: Hopeful (2013)
Success Express: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (1987)
Surfside: Santa Anita Oaks (2000); Las Virgenes (2000); Hollywood Starlet (1999); Frizette (1999)
Surging: Comely (1989)
Super Cook: Ruthless (1987)
Super Mario: Pilgrim (1989)
Tabasco Cat: Belmont Stakes (1994); Preakness (1994)
Tactical Cat: Hollywood Futurity (1998); Tremont (1998)
Take Charge Brandi: Starlet (2014); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (2014)
Talinum: Stuyvesant (1988); Florida Derby (1987)
Tank’s Prospect: Preakness (1985); Arkansas Derby (1985)
Tejano: Hollywood Futurity (1987); Cowdin (1987)
Texian: Best Turn (1989)
The Professor: Mike Lee (1990)
Thunder Gulch: Travers (1995); Belmont Stakes (1995); Kentucky Derby (1995); Florida Derby (1995); Remsen (1994)
Tiltalating: Spinaway (1984)
Timber Country: Preakness (1995); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (1994); Champagne (1994)
Time Bandit: Sanford (1998)
Tipically Irish: Oak Leaf (1995)
Tis Juliet: Shuvee H. (1990)
Tricky Squaw: Affectionately (1988); Next Move (1987)
Twilight Agenda: Meadowlands Cup (1991)
Twilight Ridge: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (1985); Astoria (1985)
Victory Speech: Strub (1997); Dwyer (1996); Empire Classic (1996)
War: Blue Grass (1987)
Well Chosen: Ashland (1998)
Western Larla: Riva Ridge (1995)
Will Take Charge: Travers (2013); Clark H. (2013)
Winning Colors: Kentucky Derby (1988); Santa Anita Derby (1988); Santa Anita Oaks (1988)
Wonder’s Delight: Schuylerville (1988)
Yet It’s True: DeFrancis Dash (1999); Riva Ridge (1999)
Yonaguska: Fall Highweight H. (2001); Sport Page (2001); Hopeful (2000)
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