Empire Maker is the classic winner of the 2003 Belmont Stakes (G1) and an earner of $1,985,800. To date, he has sired eight stakes winners including Grade 1 winners Pioneerof the Nile and Country Star as well as Grade 2 winners Acoma and Mushka.
Dam Star of Goshen was a stakes winner whose three foals to race to date are all winners. In addition to Pioneerof the Nile she is the dam of twice Grade 2-placed winner Forefathers, by Gone West.
Second dam Castle Eight, a Grade 3 placed winner, is the dam of Grade 2 and Grade 3 winner Powis Castle. Stakes winners Cajun Season, Bang, Broadway Lullaby, Junior College, and Mizzo are also members of this clan.