D. Wayne Lukas

Derby Week Notes: General Quarters, Giant Oak, Baffert, Lukas, Jockeys, Rachel Alexandra and more!

Tom McCarthy’s General Quarters, one of the favorites for Saturday’s Grade II New Orleans Handicap, breezed a half-mile in 49.40 Sunday morning in a move that left his owner-trainer’s Irish

The Hall of Fame Derby

Looking at the probables for the March 27 Louisiana Derby it just occured to me that this field will include horses from the barns of three current Hall of Fame members--Bob Baffert (The Pro

Kentucky Oaks Runner-Up Stone Legacy Wins

Mary Lou Whitney’s Stone Legacy, runner-up to Fair Grounds-based Horse of the Year candidate Rachel Alexandra in last spring’s Grade I Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, returned to the winne

Lukas Bringing His 'Twos-Turning-Threes' to New Orleans

Hall of Fame trainer Wayne Lukas, who has 30 stalls at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots for the 2009-2010 Thoroughbred Racing Season Presented by Miller Lite, entered two Marylou Whitney