Crafty Lace

Crafty Lace (foaled March 11, 1959 in Ontario) was a thoroughbred racehorse who was voted Canadian Horse of the Year in 1962.[1]

Crafty Lace
SireCrafty Admiral
GrandsireFighting Fox
DamFrench Lace
DamsireBlue Swords
SexGelding
Foaled1959
CountryCanada
ColourBay
BreederConklin Farms Limited
Owner1) Wilfrid Farr
2) Jeremy Jacobs
TrainerJ. D. Mooney
Record72: 13-6-5
Earnings$43,440
Major wins
Fairbank Stakes (1962)
Canadian Classic Race wins:
Breeders' Stakes (1962)
Awards
Canadian Horse of the Year (1962)

Crafty Lace was bred by Frank C. Conklin at Conklin Farms in Brantford, Ontario. He was sired by Crafty Admiral, the 1952 American Champion Older Male Horse. His dam was French Lace, whose sire was Blue Swords, a very good runner who finished second to Count Fleet in the 1943 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.[2]

On September 18, 1962, Crafty Lace was claimed for $7500 by trainer John Mooney for Buffalo businessman Jeremy Jacobs. The horse ran second for the first time out under Mooney's care, and then won four races in a row to set a Woodbine Racetrack record for a mile and a sixteenth on dirt. In his most important win, Crafty Lace was ridden by Ron Turcotte to a victory in the Breeders' Stakes, the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown series that was raced on turf.[3]

References
  1. "Woodbine Entertainment Horse of the Year details". Archived from the original on 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  2. Blue Swords at Pedigree Query
  3. Calgary Herald - November 24, 1962
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