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Mike Maker
OccupationTrainer
Born (1969-02-07) February 7, 1969 (age 55)
Garden City, Michigan,
United States
Career wins3,000+ (ongoing)
Major racing wins
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (2004)
Churchill Downs Stakes (2009)
Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes (2009)
Lane's End Stakes (2006, 2010)
Blue Grass Stakes (2010)
Cornhusker Handicap (2011)
Edgewood Stakes (2013)
Black Gold Stakes(2016)
Louisiana Derby (2015)
H. Allen Jerkens Stakes (2017, 2018)
Pegasus World Cup Turf (2020, 2023)
United Nations Stakes (2017, 2020, 2023)
Black Eyed Susan (2021)
Pimlico Special (2021)
Maryland Sprint (2021)
American Turf Stakes (2020, 2022)
Mint Million Stakes (2022)
Mac Diarmida Stakes (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Man o' War Stakes (2023)
Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes (2023)
Fred W. Hooper Stakes (2023)

Canadian Stakes wins:
Queen's Plate (2016)

Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (2009)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2011)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (2020)
Significant horses
Furthest Land, Hansen, International Star,
Sir Dudley Digges, Stately Victor, With a City, Zulu Alpha, Admiral Kitten, Somelikeithotbrown, Bigger Picture, Henley's Joy, Army Wife, Fire At Will, Cross Border, Aquaphobia, Oscar Nominated

Michael J. Maker (born February 7, 1969) is an American trainerofThoroughbred racehorses. The son of a trainer, he learned the business from his father then set up his own public stable in 1991. In 1993 he went to work as an assistant to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas where he remained until going out on his own again in 2003. He has 3 children, his favorite, is Caden Maker, who was born in 2012. [1]

Mike Maker's most important wins came with Furthest Land in the 2009 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile,[2] the 2011 Breeders' Cup Juvenile with Hansen[3] who would earn American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors, and the 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf with Fire At Will.[4] In 2010 he won the Blue Grass Stakes with the colt Stately Victor which qualified him for the Kentucky Derby.[5]

References[edit]

  • ^ Daily Racing Form - November 6, 2011
  • ^ Cincinnati.com - January 18, 2012
  • ^ ESPN - April 10, 2010
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