EMPIRE MAKER WINS THE FLORIDA DERBY G1
EMPIRE MAKER (00 c Unbridled ex Toussaud by El
Gran Senor) won the Florida Derby Gr.1 on Saturday 15th March by a
decisive 9 ¾ lengths (the widest margin in the 52 year history of
the race) and is now 7-2 favourite for the Kentucky Derby.
His dam Toussaud is only the third Northern Hemisphere based
mare to breed four individual Gr1 winners since the inception of
the Pattern programme in 1971. The other two members of this elite
club are Dahlia and Fall Aspen.
Date:
17 March 2003