 Empire Maker stood at his owner-breeder Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farm in Kentucky until 2010, when he was sold to the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders Association to stand at Shizunai Stallion Station.Eleven days earlier, his two-year-old daughter, future champion Royal Delta, won her first start by 12 lengths.In September of 2015, two months after his grandson American Pharoah won the American Triple Crown, it was announced that Empire Maker had been bought back from Japan and as of 2019 he stands at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.