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Empire Maker Silks

Empire Maker

10 year old Horse | Retired
Owner(s):
Juddmonte Farms
Trainer:
Robert J. Frankel
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Unbridled  -  Toussaud  by  El Gran Senor
Rating:
 
 
Empire Maker captures the 2003 Belmont Stakes over Ten Most Wanted and Funny Cide
Empire Maker
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What the Horse Racing Nation is talking about...

Empire Maker, the leading third-crop sire, will stand in 2010 for $50,000, down from $75,000 in 2009.Read More
Two Empire Maker fillies -- Clear Sailing and Passiflora -- commanded the highest prices during the Nov. 17 session of Keeneland's November breeding stock sale.Read More
Any fan of racing has certainly come across the name Bobby Frankel, a titan in our great game for nearly forty years.  Racing lost this tremendous individual on Monday as a 2nd bout with lymphoma took Frankel at the age of 68.  What did Bobby Frankel mean to racing?&nbs...Read More
Looking at Icon Project's last three starts, her only races on dirt in an 11-race career, one can only wonder just how special this 4-year-old daughter of Empire Maker is.Read More
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  • ruby · Agree that Icon Project is a monster... and if she doesn't bounce in the Spinster and comes into the Ladies Classic on a roll... then the race goes through her, not Zenyatta. · 167 days ago
  • medlocke · Icon Project is definitely one of the "now" fillies. Still, though, I think she'll have to bring her very best "A" game to beat Zenyatta. If Zenyatta runs against the girls and not the guys. Say what you will, the big "Zen" just has a nose for the wire and knows how to find it. Another filly I'm interested in seeing again, despite a long layoff, is Stardom Bound. I don't see her beating Icon Project or Zenyatta but I wouldn't be surprised if she were to hit the board in the Ladies Classic. · 166 days ago
Here is a list of horses that consignors and buyers think could be standouts Sept. 15 during the second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale in Lexington.Read More
Here is a list of horses that consignors and buyers think could be standouts Sept. 14 during the first session of the Keeneland September yearling sale in Lexington.Read More
There was a quote from D. Wayne Lukas in Saturday’s New York Post suggesting the distances of the Triple Crown races be changed to 1 1/8 miles, 1 3/16 miles, and 1 1/4 miles. Lukas said, “Nobody cares about mile and a half horses any more. The living proof is that every Belmont winner winds up in It...Read More
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After seeing Empire Maker school Funny Cide in the Wood, I was convinced he was a viable Triple Crown threat. A foot bruise prior to the Derby allowed Funny Cide to turn the tables on Empire Maker. I could not wait until he was 100% because I knew Funny Cide could not touch him when push came to shove, and my redemption came in the Belmont Stakes. ..Triple Crown denied!
5/3/2003 NY Breeding & Racing Program Sackatoga Stable's "gutsy gelding" in the words of track announcer Tom Durkin of NBC, has never run a bad race, and in the 129th Kentucky Derby on May 3, he stunned much of the sports world with a game length and three-quarters victory over 2.50-to-1 favorit...Read More
However, the combination of Empire Maker's Wood victory and the steady erosion of the competition is likely to create one of the shortest-priced Derby favorites in the last quarter century. Empire Maker is a strapping dark bay colt with the entire package: nimble feet for the break, tactical speed t...Read More
3/16/2003 by Bill Finley New York Times Empire Maker's reputation had been created by his potential, a pedigree that seemed perfect for the Kentucky Derby, and a respected trainer who made no attempt to restrain his enthusiasm. But the missing ingredient was glaring: Empire Maker had not won an impo...Read More
2/14/2009 by Jeff Apel Imperial Council, a promising contender in the three-year-old division, seized command near midstretch, edged clear in the closing strides, and posted a two-length win in an allowance race on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.Read More
by Steve Haskin Updated: February 13, 2009 Few maiden winners have garnered the kind of respect Imperial Council has, and the Shug McGaughey-trained 3-year-old will attempt to justify his high regard as a potential Kentucky Derby horse when he makes his long-awaited debut in a 6 1/2-furlong allowanc...Read More
Los Angeles Times, CA by Eric Sondheimer Feb. 8, 2009 Both Stardom Bound and Pioneerof the Nile have shown they can win on synthetic surfaces, but they have yet to run on dirt, the surface at Churchill Downs. ... Read More
By BETH HARRIS, AP Racing Writer 6:02 PM PST, February 7, 2009 ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Bob Baffert loves the spot he's in, having a solid Kentucky Derby candidate with three months to go until the first Saturday in May.Read More
June 8, 2003 CBC Sports Empire Maker won the Belmont Stakes, spoiling a bid by Funny Cide to become the first horse in 25 years to win the Triple Crown. After leading for much of the race, Funny Cide fell behind Empire Maker on the final stretch of the muddy, rain-soaked race. He was also passed by ...Read More

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Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video08/03/032ndSarJ Bailey91 1/8 mDJim Dandy-G203 MStrong HopeEmpire MakerCongrats1:48.10
View DetailsView Video06/07/031stBelJ Bailey111 1/2mDBelmont Stakes-G103 MEmpire MakerTen Most WantedFunny Cide2:28.26
View DetailsView Video05/03/032ndCDJ Bailey101 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MFunny CideEmpire MakerPeace Rules2:01.19
View DetailsView Video04/12/031stAQUJ Bailey81 1/8 mDWood Memorial-G103 MEmpire MakerFunny CideKissin Saint1:52.70
View DetailsView Video03/15/031stGPJ Bailey81 1/8 mDFlorida Derby-G103 MEmpire MakerTrust N LuckIndy Dancer1:53.05

 

 

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