Empire Maker was born in 2000. He is by Unbridled out of Toussaud by El Gran Senor.
Empire Maker won the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes, beating Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Funny Cide. He also won the Grade 1 Florida Derby and the Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes.
Empire Maker entered stud in the U.S.A. in 2004. He moved to Japan for the 2011 season and after five years in Japan, he returned to the U.S.A. in 2015. Among his best progeny are Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic winner Royal Delta, Arkansas Derby winner Bodemeister, and Santa Anita Derby winner Pioneerof the Nile, who is the sire of the 2015 American Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.
He was crowned Champion Sire in N.A. in 2012.
He died in 2020 at the age of 20.
Empire Maker won the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes, beating Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Funny Cide. He also won the Grade 1 Florida Derby and the Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes.
Empire Maker entered stud in the U.S.A. in 2004. He moved to Japan for the 2011 season and after five years in Japan, he returned to the U.S.A. in 2015. Among his best progeny are Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic winner Royal Delta, Arkansas Derby winner Bodemeister, and Santa Anita Derby winner Pioneerof the Nile, who is the sire of the 2015 American Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.
He was crowned Champion Sire in N.A. in 2012.
He died in 2020 at the age of 20.