Channel Maker secures ninth lifetime Stakes with Grand Couturier
Channel Maker won the Grand Couturier at 12 furlongs for older horses over Belmont Park’s Widener turf course. It was the ninth career stakes victory for Channel Maker. He entered from his fifth appearance in the Grade 1 Resorts World Casino Manhattan on June 11 at Bel Mont. ChannelMaker has won at least one stakes race in six of his seven years of racing. His trainer is Bill Mott. Luis Saez is the sixth jockey to have won aboard Channel maker. He returned $4.50 as the favorite. Soldier Rising finished another length ahead of Highest Honors, followed by British Royalty and Admission Office.
