How many horses has Mr. Lukas given time for ailments and got them back to the races?

How many horses has Mr. Lukas had with off the pace running styles?

How many times, despite having the best bloodstock, has Lukas completely surprised himself in which one of his multiple entries won a race and I don't mean the Derby?

How many other true horseman ran their Kentucky Derby winners for a tag?

Here are Lukas Derby Starters:

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2003/derby_history/derby_charts/trainers/386.html


Heres some starters from a true horseman:

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2003/derby_history/derby_charts/trainers/332.html


I could cite almost any Derby winning trainer for better horsemanship than this guy.

I could do as well at the sales merely by bidding on the high bid horses. I will grant that Baffert has burned through some big money lately. But he did win the race two years ago.

Now, I have a Louisana Derby to win.

Oh yes, the Lukas assistants. I think its fairly obvious that back in the oh mid to late eighties, even early nineties Lukas was the ticket if you wanted to get in and get out on your own. He had a big, far flung operation and he had the best horses. I'm not certain I agree theres a slew of top trainers out there who were Lukas assistants and those couple that are top are you saying they learned everything from Lukas? I don't believe that, I think the few top guys took from Lukas opportunity and left him contemplating a return to basketball.

As far as the sales go, if you're a horseman you have an eye for the way a horse is put together and the way the horse handles himself. You also have regard for pedigree. You may remember Lukas passed on Thunder Gulch at the sales (actually scratched his name off in the cataloge) and only inherited him later. When I walk into a room of beautiful naked women, I don't go ape @#$%& and lose my composure, because I've been there before and expect to be there again. Besides, when I'm in that room I KNOW which is the most beautiful. I don't have to guess.

As far as the successful stallions go, I think if you train that many expensive horses you're gonna come up with a few stallions. I don't think theres any more skill in that than in the Lukas technique.

Lets see what else...oh yes, What were you saying about Baffert?

:)

CtC



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