D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas (2 ga Satumba, 1935 - 28 ga Yuni, 2025) ya kasance mai horar da da doki na Amurka kuma mai shiga cikin Hall of Fame na Racing na Amurka. Ya lashe tseren Kofin Breeders 20, tseren Triple Crown 15, ya sami lambar yabo ta Eclipse guda biyar saboda nasarorin da ya samu, kuma dawakai sun lashe lambar yabo ta eclipse ta ƙarshen shekara 25. An shigar da Lukas cikin Hall of Fame na Quarter Horse na Amurka a shekara ta 2007.

 NoRayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Lukas a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1935, a Antigo, Wisconsin, inda iyayensa ke da gona. Ya girma tare da sha'awar dawakai.[1] A matsayinsa na dalibi a Jami'ar Wisconsin-Madison, an fara shi a cikin ƙungiyar Kappa Sigma.[2] Ya kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Wisconsin-Madison tare da digiri na biyu a ilimi, sannan ya koyar a La Crosse, Wisconsin)">Makarantar Sakandare ta Logan a La Crosse, Wisconsin, inda ya kasance babban kocin kwallon kwando.[1]

 Ayyuka 
Lukas ya fara horar da dawakai na kwata a California a shekarar 1968 kuma bayan shekaru 10 na nasarar da ta gan shi yana horar da zakarun duniya 24, ya sauya zuwa horar da tsirrai. Nasararsa ta farko a matsayin mai horar da tsirrai ta kasance a ranar 20 ga Oktoba, 1977, a Santa Anita Park .  Mai horar da farko da ya sami sama da dala miliyan 100 a cikin jaka, shi ne babban mai cin nasara na shekara sau 14. Ya sami jaka sama da dala miliyan 300 a lokacin aikinsa.

Lukas ya fara samun babban kulawa a 1980 lokacin da ya lashe Preakness Stakes tare da Codex . Dawakai nasa sun lashe Kentucky Derby sau hudu, Preakness Stakes sau bakwai da Belmont Stakes sau hudu. Dawakai nasa sun lashe dukkan Classics guda uku a shekarar 1995 tare da Thunder Gulch (Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes) da Timber Country (Preakness), wanda ya sanya shi mai horar da farko da ya mamaye tseren Triple Crown Classic tare da dawakai biyu daban-daban a cikin kakar. A shekara ta 2013, ya wuce Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons don mafi yawan nasarar tseren Triple Crown, tare da 14. A cikin 2024, Lukas mai shekaru 88 ya karya rikodin Fitzsimmons a matsayin mai horar da tsofaffi don lashe tseren Triple Crown lokacin da Seize the Grey ya lashe Preakness Stakes na 2024; shi ne karo na goma sha biyar da ya lashe tseren triple Crown kuma karo na bakwai da ya lashe Preikness Stakes.

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Lukas ya yi aure sau biyar. Yana da ɗa ɗaya, Jeff (1957-2016), tare da matarsa ta farko. Jeff ya yi aiki ga mahaifinsa a matsayin mataimakin mai horar da shi kuma ya kasance hannun dama na dattijo Lukas har zuwa watan Disamba na shekara ta 1993, lokacin da dan wasan Derby na Lukas Tabasco Cat ya ji wa Jeff rauni sosai a hatsarin da aka yi a Santa Anita Park. Jaririn ya rabu, Jeff ya yi ƙoƙari ya dakatar da shi ta hanyar tsayawa a gabansa, kuma doki ya buge shi, ya jefa shi cikin iska. Jeff ya sauka a kan kankare kuma ya sha wahala a kan kwanyar da ta bar shi a cikin coma na makonni da yawa. Ya sha wahala daga lalacewar kwakwalwa ta dindindin kuma yana da canje-canje a cikin mutuntaka, asarar gani, da lalacewar ƙwaƙwalwarsa. A lokacin bazara na shekara ta 1994, ya warke sosai don ƙoƙarin Komawa ga tseren doki, amma bayan jerin ayyukan da ba su da buƙata wanda ya ƙare a shekara ta 2003, a bayyane yake cewa ba zai iya aiki lafiya a kusa da dawakai ba. Ya kuma yi ƙoƙari ya zauna da aiki a kusa da gonakin dawakai, amma nakasa ta yi tsanani sosai don ya kasance lafiya a kusa da dawakai. Daga karshe ya koma Atoka, Oklahoma a 2007 don yin aiki ga David Burrage, wanda ya kasance mai lissafi da janar manajan Lukas Racing Stables. A wannan lokacin, Burrage ya kasance mai banki kuma ya mallaki Bankin Farko a Atoka, wanda ya dauki Lukas aiki. Mahaifinsa ya saya masa gida a can, kuma Jeff ya rayu cikin kwanciyar hankali har zuwa mutuwarsa yana da shekaru 58 a watan Maris na shekara ta 2016.

 Rashin lafiya da mutuwa 
A ranar 22 ga Yuni, 2025, dangin Lukas da Churchill Downs sun sanar da cewa Lukas yana da matsalolin kiwon lafiya kuma ba zai koma horo ba. An kwantar da Lukas a asibiti saboda mummunar kamuwa da MRSA kuma ya ki amincewa da shirin magani mai tsanani, a maimakon haka ya zaɓi komawa gida don Kula da asibiti. An tura 'yan uwansa ga mataimakinsa sama da shekaru 20, Sebastian Nicholl,   wanda ya kasance a matsayin mai horar da su har zuwa watan da ya biyo baya.

Lukas ya mutu a gidansa a Louisville, Kentucky, a ranar 28 ga Yuni, 2025, yana da shekaru 89. 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1935
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