D. Wayne Lukas, a Hall of Fame horse trainer who won 15 Triple Crown races and a record 20 Breeders’ Cup events, fusing business savvy and good horsemanship while running a coast-to-coast operation that made him one of the sport’s biggest stars on two legs,

By BETH HARRIS For over 50 years, D. Wayne Lukas set the standard in horse racing. And the sport followed suit. Trainers wanted to be like Wayne. Owners wanted him handling their horses. He died

"Wayne Lukas reinvented the game," Lanny Kohnhorst, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association's Director of Horsemen's Relations. "Wayne produced champions, from Grade 1 winners to stallion prospects to next generation of trainers, and defined American Thoroughbred racing."