Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who won the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore seven times, died on Saturday night, his family said.

On June 29, the final day of racing at the 2025 spring meet, Buttleman began to play the notes typically played right before the running of the Kentucky Derby: "My Old Kentucky Home." A photo of Darrell Wayne Lukas,

Born Darnell Wayne Lukas on Sept. 2, 1935, in Wisconsin as the second of three children, he rose to prominence in the sport with quarter horses in races that are effectively sprints. He moved into thoroughbreds in the late 1970s and won his first Preakness with Codex in 1980.