Maryland racing colleagues remembered D. Wayne Lukas, the thoroughbred trainer whose horses captured six Preakness Stakes, as a “rock star” and the sport’s “greatest

D. Wayne Lukas, one of the most accomplished and influential trainers in the history of North American horse racing, has died.

He fused good horsemanship with corporate savvy, becoming the face of the sport while leading a coast-to-coast operation in the 1980s and beyond.