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Churchill Downs

Mike Maker nears win milestone

Marty McGee|Nov 24, 2017
Mike Maker
Churchill Downs/Coady Photography Mike Maker

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sunday might be the day that Mike Maker achieves a milestone the 48-year-old trainer said “has come up a lot faster than I had a right to imagine.”

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After Shining Copper won the Grade 3 River City Handicap on Thursday at Churchill, Maker had won 1,997 races. Between Churchill and several other tracks, he had three entries on Friday, six on Saturday, and 10 on Sunday.

Maker opened his own public stable in 2003 after a lengthy stint as a top assistant to D. Wayne Lukas.

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