Channel Maker

Channel Maker won his second career start and then finished third in the Grade 3 Summer Stakes at Woodbine. He closed his 2-year-old season with an unplaced finish in the 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita Park.

Unplaced in his first two starts at three, Channel Maker ran second in an allowance race at Keeneland before another runner-up finish in the Grade 3 Marine Stakes at Woodbine. From there, he ran fourth in the Queen's Plate Stakes, the first jewel of Canada's Triple Crown. He earned a classic win in his subsequent start, winning the Breeders' Stakes by a nose on the turf at Woodbine. After a pair of unplaced finishes in graded stakes, Channel Make closed his 3-year-old campaign with a second in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby.

Channel Make ran exclusively in Grade 1 races to start his 5-year-old campaign, with a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes his best effort from his first four races in 2018. He regained his winning form and earned his first graded stakes win on July 28 at Saratoga when he posted a dead-heat victory in the Grade 2 Bowling Green Stakes, closing powerfully to catch Glorious Empire at the finish line in a thriller. He subsequently finished second to Glorious Empire in the Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes on Aug. 25 at Saratoga.

In his final prep race for the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf, Channel Maker earned a guaranteed starting spot with a front-running victory in the $500,000, Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes. He repelled a persistent Teodoro on the final turn and then had enough fuel in the tank to shake off a bid from Arlington Million winner Robert Bruce in early stretch en route to a 4 ½-length triumph. Channel Maker finished 11th in the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf in his final start of 2018.