Sire: Unbridled

Grandsire: Fappiano

Dam: Toussaud

Damsire: El Gran Senor

Sex: Stallion

Foaled: 2000

Country: United States

Colour: Dark Bay

Breeder: Juddmonte Farms

Owner: Juddmonte Farms

Trainer: Bobby Frankel

Jockey: Jerry Bailey

Record:8 Starts: 4 - 3 - 1

Earnings: $1,985,800

Major races: Florida Derby, Belmont Stakes, Wood Memorial

Awards: American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (2003)

Post Career: Empire Maker was retired to stand at stud beginning in 2004 at his owner's Juddmonte Farms in Lexington, Kentucky. His American-bred offspring include Bodemeister and Royal Delta. Through Pioneerof the Nile, he is the grand-sire of American Pharoah, 2015 U.S. Triple Crown winner. Through Bodemeister he is the grandsire of 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming.

In November 2010 Empire Maker was sold to the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association and stood at the Shizunai Stallion Station. In September 2015, it was announced that Empire Maker would be returning to the U.S.[5] to stand at Gainesway Farm starting in 2016.

Died January 18, 2020 from a rare disease that compromised his immune system