{"title":"D. Wayne Lukas","description":"\u003cp\u003eDARRELL WAYNE LUKAS was an American Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse trainer who won 15 Triple Crown races and 20 Breeders' Cup races, and wrote the foreword to Cliff Guilliams' \u003cem\u003eFinal Calls to Absent Friends\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLukas received four Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Trainer (1985, 1986, 1987, 1994), was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1999, and was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2007. Before training horses full time, he earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Wisconsin and worked as a teacher and basketball coach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLukas was born in Antigo, Wisconsin, and died in Louisville, Kentucky, at age 89.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD. Wayne Lukas’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"final-calls-to-absent-friends","title":"Final Calls to Absent Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinal Calls to Absent Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of newspaper columns and personal reminiscences in tribute to numerous jockeys, horses, and people related to horse racing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1563116510\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781563116513\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Cliff Guilliams, D. Wayne Lukas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43456727056600,"sku":"9781563116513","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43456727089368,"sku":"9781681623344","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/AmazonFC_FINALCALLS_9781563116513_mockup_v2_1667234834_ae9b4be4-2318-441a-8ab8-1cc8d753c68f.jpg?v=1791057569"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-d-wayne-lukas.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}