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D. Wayne Lukas grew up in a very small town in Wisconsin. His grade school class had two – him and one other. He dreamed of being a basketball coach. He also dreamed of owning and racing a horse that would win a local pari-mutual. He became a school teacher and basketball coach, and later decided to try his hand at training horses. He soon raised his aspirations to winning a triple-crown race. One hundred fifty thousand hours of work later, he reached his goal. Many wins would follow, and today he is the winningest horse trainer of all time – 13 Triple Crown wins; 17 Breeder’s Cup wins; 14 times named U.S. trainer of the year; and $250 million in lifetime winnings, more than double any other trainer in history.