EMPIRE MAKER (USA) dkb/br. H, 2000 DP = 18-15-13-0-6 (52) DI = 3.16 CD = 0.75; GSV = 76.53
8 Starts, 4 Wins, 4 Places, 0 Shows Career Earnings: $1,985,800 |  |
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| Owner: | Juddmonte Farms | | Breeder: | Juddmonte Farms, Inc. | | State Bred: | KY | At 2:
2nd Remsen S. (G2)
At 3:
Won Belmont S. (G1), Wood Memorial S. (G1), Florida Derby (G1)
2nd Kentucky Derby (G1), Jim Dandy S. (G2), Sham S.
| Foaled April 27, 2000.
Bobby Frankel stated he was the best horse he ever trained.
Retired to stud in 2004.
Standing at Juddmonte Farms in Lexington, KY.
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Inbreeding Statistics| | ASPIDISTRA | 5S x 5s | | BUCKPASSER | 5s x 4d | | IN REALITY | 4s x 3d |
| | NATIVE DANCER | 5S x 5d | | ROUGHN TUMBLE | 5S x 5d |
BEST IN SHOW: (Major Races Won) 1968 COMELY STAKES | At 3: Won Comely St. (GR III) Broodmare Of The Year in 1982.
Euthanized in Nov 1990 due to infirmities of old age, while in foal to Rahy. Buried at Stonereath Farm, KY.
BUCKPASSER: (Major Races Won) 1965 CHAMPAGNE STAKES , 1965 HOPEFUL STAKES , 1966 TRAVERS STAKES , 1966 WOODWARD STAKES , 1965 TREMONT STAKES , 1966 JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP , 1966 AMERICAN DERBY , 1966 BROOKLYN HANDICAP , 1966 LAWRENCE REALIZATION STAKES , 1967 SUBURBAN HANDICAP , 1967 SAN FERNANDO STAKES , 1967 METROPOLITAN HANDICAP , 1966 FLAMINGO STAKES , 1965 SAPLING STAKES , 1966 ARLINGTON CLASSIC , 1966 LEONARD RICHARDS STAKES , 1965 ARLINGTON-WASHINGTON FUTURITY , 1966 EVERGLADES STAKES , 1966 MALIBU STAKES - DECEMBER DIV. , 1966 CHICAGOAN STAKES | At 2:
Won Arlington-Washington Futurity, Champagne S., Hopeful S., Sapling S., Tremont S., National Stallion S. (Males)
2nd Futurity S.At 3:
Won Flamingo S., Jockey Club Gold Cup, Brooklyn H., Chicagoan S., American Derby, Arlington Classic, Woodward S., Travers S., Lawrence Realization S., Leonard Richards S., Malibu S., Everglades S.
At 4:
Won Metropolitan H., Suburban H., San Fernando S.
2nd Woodward S., Brooklyn H.
3rd Bowling Green H. Foaled April 28, 1963.
Won 15 consecutive races.
1965 Champion Two Year Old Colt.
1966 Horse of the Year & Champion Three Year Old Colt.
1967 Champion Handicap Male.
Hall of Fame inductee, 1970.
Leading broodmare sire in North America 1983, 1984, 1988, & 1989.
Died in 1978. Buried at Claiborne Farm.
CORNISH PRINCE: (Major Races Won) 1965 JIM DANDY STAKES , 1964 SANFORD STAKES , 1965 QUAKER CITY HANDICAP | At 2: WON Sanford S.; 2ND Saratoga Special. At 3: WON Jim Dandy S., Quaker City H.; 2ND Jerome H.; 3RD Travers S. Assigned 115 lbs on Thomas E. Trotter's 1965 Experimental Hcp for 2 yos of 1964 (ARM)Died 1985
DR FAGER: (Major Races Won) 1967 VOSBURGH STAKES , 1968 VOSBURGH STAKES , 1968 WHITNEY HANDICAP , 1967 GOTHAM STAKES , 1968 UNITED NATIONS INVITATIONAL HANDICAP , 1968 SUBURBAN HANDICAP , 1968 CALIFORNIAN STAKES , 1967 WITHERS STAKES , 1966 COWDIN STAKES , 1967 ARLINGTON CLASSIC , 1967 HAWTHORNE GOLD CUP HANDICAP , 1968 WASHINGTON PARK HANDICAP , 1968 ROSEBEN HANDICAP , 1966 WORLDS PLAYGROUND STAKES , 1967 NEW HAMPSHIRE SWEEPSTAKES HANDICAP , 1967 ROCKINGHAM SPECIAL | At 2:
Won Cowdin S., World's Playground S.
2nd Champagne S.At 3:
Won New Hampshire Sweepstakes Classic, Hawthorne Gold Cup H., Arlington Classic S., Rockingham Special S. (NTR), Gotham S., Vosburgh H., Withers S.
3rd Woodward S.
At 4:
Won Suburban H. (ETR), United Nations H., Washington Park H. (NWR), Californian S., Roseben H., Whitney S., Vosburgh H. (NTR)
2nd Brooklyn H. Foaled April 6, 1964.
Champion Sprinter, 1967.
Horse of the Year, Champion Handicap Horse, Champion Turf Horse, and Champion Sprinter, 1968.
Set a World Record in the 1968 Washington Park Handicap: 1 mile in 1:32 1/5 (under 134 lbs).
Hall of Fame inductee, 1971.
Leading sire, 1971.
Died 1976. Buried at Tartan Farm (now Winding Oaks Farm) in Florida.
EL GRAN SENOR: (Major Races Won) 1984 TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES (G1), 1984 IRISH DERBY (G1), 1983 RAILWAY STAKES (G3), 1983 DEWHURST STAKES (G1), 1983 STUDS NATIONAL STAKES (G1), 1984 GLADNESS STAKES | At 2:
Won P.J. Prendergast Railway S. (IRE-G3), B.B.A./Goffs National S. (IRE-G2), William Hill Dewhurst S. (ENG-G1)
At 3:
Won Gladness S. (IRE), General Accident 2000 Guineas (ENG-G1), Joe McGrath Irish Sweeps Derby (IRE-G1)
2nd Ever Ready Derby S. (ENG-G1) Champion 3-year-old colt in England and Ireland.
Int.Cl.138; GB timeform.136; 370.093 Pf
2-3é.8-7-1 I.1250-2400m;
Pensioned 1999.
Euthanized due to the infirmities of old age on Oct. 18, 2006, at Ashford Stud, Kentucky.
EMPIRE MAKER: (Major Races Won) 2003 FLORIDA DERBY (G1), 2003 WOOD MEMORIAL (G1), 2003 BELMONT STAKES (G1) | At 2:
2nd Remsen S. (G2)
At 3:
Won Belmont S. (G1), Wood Memorial S. (G1), Florida Derby (G1)
2nd Kentucky Derby (G1), Jim Dandy S. (G2), Sham S. Foaled April 27, 2000.
Bobby Frankel stated he was the best horse he ever trained.
Retired to stud in 2004.
Standing at Juddmonte Farms in Lexington, KY.
FAPPIANO: (Major Races Won) 1981 FOREGO HANDICAP , 1981 METROPOLITAN HANDICAP (G1), 1980 DISCOVERY HANDICAP (G2), 1979 MORVEN STAKES | Morven S, Discovery H.-G3, Metropolitan H.-G1, Forego H. Died September 3, 1990 at Lane's End Farm after foundering.
Named after sportswriter Giuseppe Carmine Fappiano (AKA Joseph C. Nichols).
Syndicated for a reported $300,000 a share.
Entered stud in Florida at Tartan Farms
Moved to Lane's End in July 1987.
GOLD DIGGER2: (Major Races Won) Won Gallorette S. (twice), Columbiana H., Yo Tambien H., Marigold S.
Assigned 107 lbs on Thomas E. Trotter's 1965 Experimental Hcp for 2 yos of 1964 (ARM)Died 1990 at Spendthrift Farm, Ky.
Dam of Mr. Prospector
GRAND SPLENDOR: (Major Races Won) At 3: Won Pageant H. (20,000)
2nd dam of Fappiano, Ogygian; 3rd dam of Honour and Glory, etc...
IN REALITY: (Major Races Won) 1968 METROPOLITAN HANDICAP , 1967 FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH STAKES , 1968 JOHN B. CAMPBELL HANDICAP , 1968 CARTER HANDICAP , 1967 JERSEY DERBY , 1967 HIBISCUS STAKES , 1967 FLORIDA DERBY , 1966 PIMLICO FUTURITY , 1967 RUMSON HANDICAP , 1967 CHOICE STAKES-MONMOUTH PARK | At 2
Won: Pimlico Futurity
2nd: Sapling S., Cowdin S.
At 3
Won: Fountain Of Youth S., Florida Derby, Choice S.-Monmouth Park, Hibiscus S., Rumson H., Jersey Derby (By DQ)
2nd: Preakness S., New Hampshire Sweepstakes H., Flamingo S., Jerome H., American Derby
At 4
Won: Carter H., Metropolitan H., John B. Campbell H.
Leading Juvenile Sire in 1977
Sire of:
Smile Eclipse Champion Sprinter
Known Fact Champion 3YO in England
Desert Vixen Champion 3YO Filly & Older Female
Relaunch Champion Sire
Proper Reality who won on his debut by 15 lengths
He is one of the few male decendants of Man O’ War.
Died in 1989.
INTENTIONALLY: (Major Races Won) 1958 FUTURITY STAKES , 1959 JEROME HANDICAP , 1961 SPORT PAGE HANDICAP , 1960 TOBOGGAN HANDICAP , 1959 WITHERS STAKES , 1958 PIMLICO FUTURITY , 1962 PALM BEACH STAKES , 1960 EQUIPOISE MILE HANDICAP , 1962 SEMINOLE HANDICAP , 1958 TYRO STAKES , 1961 QUAKER CITY HANDICAP , 1959 DELAWARE VALLEY HANDICAP , 1959 WARREN WRIGHT MEMORIAL STAKES | At 2:
Won Futurity S., Pimlico Futurity, Tyro S.
2nd Champagne S., Sapling S., World's Playground S., Grand Union Hotel S.
At 3:
Won Withers S., Jerome H., Warren Wright Memorial S. (NTR, EWR, 8f 1:33.1), Delaware Valley S.
2nd Gotham S.
3rd Arlington Classic, Discovery H.
At 4:
Won Equipoise Mile H., Toboggan H.
2nd Aqueduct H.
At 5:
Won Quaker City H., Sport Page H.
2nd Trenton H.
At 6:
Won Seminole H., Palm Beach H. USA Champion Sprinter, 1959.
Third on American Sires List 1971, fourth in 1973.
Died 1970 at Tartan Fms, apparently heart attack.
KILLALOE: Fappiano's dam. She also produce 11 foals,9 runners,9 winners and 5 black type.
Her pedigree contains 9 lines of Barcaldine
LE FABULEUX: (Major Races Won) 1964 PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB , 1964 PRIX LUPIN (G1), 1963 CRITERIUM DE SAINT-CLOUD , 1964 PRIX NOAILLES , 1964 PRIX DU PRINCE DORANGE , 1963 PRIX DE CONDE , 1965 PRIX DU PIN | Winner of the Prix du Jockey Club, Grand Criterium De Saint Cloud, Prix De Conde, Prix du Prince d`Orange, Prix Lupin and Prix Noailles. Total Progeny earnings of $8,605,113Sire of DAUPHIN FABULEUX (Horse Of The Year, Champion, earner of $400,883), BEN FAB (Champion twice, earner of $316,323), THE BART (G1) (earner of $898,550), EFFERVESCING (G1) (earner of $505,870) and FRENCH CHARMER (G2) (earner of $197,475), among others.
MR PROSPECTOR: (Major Races Won) 1974 GRAVESEND HANDICAP | At 3:
2nd Derby Trial S.
At 4:
Won Gravesend H., Whirlaway H.
2nd Firecracker H. (G3), Carter H. (G2), Royal Poinciana S.
3rd Paumonok H. (G3)
Foaled January 28, 1970.
NTR Gulfstream, 6f 1:07 4/5.
NTR Garden State, 6f 1:08 3/5.
Mr. Prospector was the greatest extension of the Native Dancer line, and among the most influential dirt track sires of all time.
His offspring include Gone West, Gulch, Forty-Niner, Miswaki, and Seeking The Gold.
Mr Prospector is a broodmare sire of Mineshaft and Rock Hard Ten.
He has also stamped himself as a sire of sires.
Died June 1999, buried at Claiborne Farm.
NATALMA: (Major Races Won) At 2: 3rd Spinaway S. (finished first and disqualified to third). Winner at 2 and 3. Chipped bone in knee training for Kentucky Oaks.
Blue Hen Dam of the incomparable Northern Dancer.
Also dam of stakes winners Native Victor, Regal Dancer and Born A Lady, as well as four additional stakes placed horses and notable producers Raise the Standard, Spring Adieu, Arctic Dancer. 2007 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee.
Died in 1985. Buried at Northview Stallion Station,MD, formerly Windfields.
NEARCTIC: (Major Races Won) 1956 CLARENDON STAKES , 1958 JACQUES CARTIER STAKES , 1959 VIGIL HANDICAP , 1958 VIGIL HANDICAP , 1956 VICTORIA STAKES , 1958 SWYNFORD STAKES , 1958 SEAWAY STAKES , 1958 BOLD VENTURE HANDICAP , 1956 SARATOGA SPECIAL STAKES , 1957 INTERNATIONAL HANDICAP , 1956 CARLETON STAKES , 1958 MICHIGAN MILE HANDICAP , 1958 CANADIAN MATURITY STAKES | Saratoga Special, Victoria S., Carleton S, Clarendon S., International H., Michigan Mile , Canadian Maturity S, Greenwood H., Sandown S., Swynford S., Jacques Cartier S. Nt, Seaway H., Vigil H., Bold Venture H. Foaled 2/11/1954; died 7/27/1973. Euthanized due to chronic lymphangitis left hind. Sire of the incomparable Northern Dancer as well as Icecapade and Briarctic.
NORTHERN DANCER: (Major Races Won) 1964 QUEENS PLATE STAKES , 1964 KENTUCKY DERBY , 1964 PREAKNESS STAKES , 1964 FLORIDA DERBY , 1964 BLUE GRASS STAKES , 1963 SUMMER STAKES , 1964 FLAMINGO STAKES , 1963 CORONATION FUTURITY , 1963 REMSEN STAKES , 1963 CARLETON STAKES | Remsen S., Coronation Futurity, Summer S., Carleton S., Kentucky Derby (NTR), Preakness S., Flamingo S., Florida Derby, Queen's Plate, Blue Grass S. Foaled May 27, 1961.
1964 Champion Three Year Old Colt in the USA & Canada, Canadian Horse of the Year.
At 3: ETR Gulfstream Park, 7f in 1:22.2; NTR Churchill Downs, 10f in 2:00.0.Leading sire in the USA, 1971 & 1977; in Great Britain, 1970, 1977, 1983, & 1984.
Leading broodmare sire, 1991.
Over $31 million in progeny earnings.
Pensioned from stud in 1987.
Died November 16, 1990. Buried at Windfields Farm, Ontario.
RAISE A NATIVE: (Major Races Won) 1963 GREAT AMERICAN STAKES , 1963 JUVENILE STAKES | Won: Great American Stakes, Juvenile Stakes.
Champion 2-Year Old Colt
Set NTR record @ Aqueduct 5.5f 1:02.3
Set NTR record @ Aqueduct 5f 0:57.4
ETR Aqu 5f 0:57.4 Foaled April 18.
High-weight 126 lbs Trotter's Experimental Hcp for 1963 (ARM)
Unbeaten. Retired due to bowed tendon.
To stud at Spendthrift Farm in 1964.
Sire of 74 stakes winners including Majestic Prince (1969 Derby, Preakness) and Alydar. Also stallions Mr. Prospector, and Exclusive Native.
Died July 28, 1988..
TOUSSAUD: (Major Races Won) 1992 VAN GEEST CRITERION STAKES (G3), 1993 GAMELY BREEDERS CUP HANDICAP (G1), 1993 AMERICAN HANDICAP (G2), 1993 AUTUMN DAYS HANDICAP (G3), 1993 WILSHIRE HANDICAP (G3) | At 3:
Won Van Geest Criterion S. (ENG-G3)
2nd Calor Silver Trophy (ENG)
3rd Fed Brew Lager Beeswing S. (ENG-G3)At 4:
Won American H. (USA-G2), Gamely H. (USA-G1), Wilshire H. (USA-G2), Autumn Days H. (USA)
2nd Matriarch S. (USA-G1) Foaled May 6, 1989.
Broodmare of the Year, 2002.
Dam of G1 winners Empire Maker, Chester House, Honest Lady and Chiselling, and G2 winner Decarchy. What makes her record all the more remarkable is the fact that her five Graded winners are by five different stallions.
Pensioned from broodmare duties in December 2007 due to laminitis.
Euthanized due to declining health, January 5, 2009.
UNBRIDLED: (Major Races Won) 1990 KENTUCKY DERBY (G1), 1990 BREEDERS CUP CLASSIC (G1), 1990 FLORIDA DERBY (G1), 1989 WHAT A PLEASURE STAKES , 1991 DEPUTY MINISTER HANDICAP | At 2:
Won What A Pleasure S.
2nd In Reality S., Canterbury Juvenile S.
3rd Arch Ward S., Waukegan Breeders' Cup S.At 3:
Won Breeders' Cup Classic -G1, Florida Derby -G1, Kentucky Derby -G1
2nd Super Derby -G1, Preakness S. -G1, Secretariat S. -G1
3rd Blue Grass S. -G2, Fountain Of Youth S. -G2
At 4:
Won Deputy Minister H.
2nd Fayette H. -G2
3rd Breeders' Cup Classic -G1, Pacific Classic -G1 1990 Eclipse Champion Three-Year-Old Colt.
Euthanized after a bout of colic at age 14, Oct. 18, 2001. Buried at Claiborne Farm.
WILD RISK: (Major Races Won) 1945 GRANDE COURSE DE HAIES DAUTEUIL , 1944 GRANDE COURSE DE HAIES DAUTEUIL | Prix de Recloses, Prix Le Sancy, Prix Edgard Gillois, Prix Fould. He also won many races over the jumps.
He won his first race (a selling event) at 100/1.
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