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MICHAEL MAKER

MICHAEL MAKER
Birthdate - Feb. 7, 1969
Birthplace - Garden City, MI
Residence - Louisville, KY
Family - Son Michael George
Website - mikemakerracing.com

2016 RECORD

1,152 - 221, 175, 142 

$11,562,002

2016 NYRA RECORD

213 - 33, 28, 19 

$2,019,149

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Hansen: Top Two-Year-Old Male (2011)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Saddled his first Breeders’ Cup winner in 2009 with Furthest Land (Dirt Mile); Hansen held off Union Rags by a nose in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile for Breeders’ Cup victory No. 2

* Saddled his 1,000th winner at Fair Grounds on Feb. 16, 2013 with Magical Season

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Worked for his father, trainer George Maker

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Admiral Kitten: Secretariat (2013)

Al’s Gal: E.P. Taylor (2016)

Bigger Picture: Red Smith H. (2016)

Da Big Hoss: Belmont Gold Cup Inv. (2016); John’s Call (2015)

Furthest Land: Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (2009)

Hansen: Gotham (2012); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (2011)

Joha: Breeders’ Futurity (2012)

King David: Jamaica H. (2012)

Kitten’s Dumplings: Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (2013); Lake George (2013)

Maybesomaybenot: Sanford (2010)

Stately Victor: Blue Grass (2010)


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