D. Wayne Lukas, a Hall of Fame horse trainer who won 15 Triple Crown races and a record 20 Breeders’ Cup events, fusing business savvy and good horsemanship while running a coast-to-coast operation that made him one of the sport’s biggest stars on two legs,

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who saddled four Kentucky Derby winners among his 15 winners of US Triple Crown races, has died at he age of 89, his family said Sunday.He saddled his most recent Triple Crown race winner last year with Seize the Grey in the Preakness Stakes -- his seventh Preakness triumph.

Lukas is second all-time in Triple Crown wins with 15, and tied for the lead with 20 Breeders Cup championships.