Tag Archives: Commendable
D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas (Horse racing. Born, Antigo, WI, Sept. 2, 1935.) After an 11-year career as a basketball coach (nine in Wisconsin high schools and two as an assistant at the U. of Wisconsin), D. Wayne Lukas turned his organizational talents to racing. Lukas brought a contemporary business approach to training thoroughbreds with great success. […]
Pat Day
Pat Day (Horse racing. Born, Brush, CO, Oct. 13, 1953.) In a career that began in 1973, Pat Day became the fourth-winningest jockey ever, with 8,803 winning mounts and a record in purse earnings (almost $298 million) at his retirement in 2005. In 2002, Day surpassed the purse record of $264,351,679 set by Chris McCarron. He led the […]
