Overview

• Lukas was admitted to a Louisville hospital after a severe infection worsened over recent weeks.
• Churchill Downs confirmed that the 89-year-old legend will end his active training career following this latest health setback.
• Longtime assistant Sebastian ‘Bas’ Nicholl has assumed responsibility for Lukas’s entire stable and committed to preserving his mentor’s training methods.
• Lukas’s achievements include 15 Triple Crown victories—second only to Bob Baffert—and a record-tying 20 wins in the Breeders’ Cup, with his most recent Preakness triumph coming last year.
• Over a storied career, Lukas secured nearly 5,000 thoroughbred victories and amassed more than $310 million in purse earnings from over 30,600 starts.