Cracksman (horse)

Cracksman
Racing silks of Anthony Oppenheimer
Sire	Frankel
Grandsire	Galileo
Dam	Rhadegunda
Damsire	Pivotal
Sex	Colt
Foaled	9 April 2014[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Hascombe and Valiant Studs
Owner	Anthony Oppenheimer
Trainer	John Gosden
Record	11: 8-2-1
Earnings	£2,793,064
Major wins
Investec Derby Trial (2017) Great Voltigeur Stakes (2017) Prix Niel (2017) Champion Stakes (2017, 2018) Prix Ganay (2018) Coronation Cup (2018)
Awards
Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (2017) World's top-rated 3-y-o (2017) World's top-rated racehorse (2018)
Honours
Timeform rating: 136
Last updated on 26 June 2022

Cracksman (foaled 9 April 2014) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won his only race as a two-year-old in 2016 before developing into a top-class middle distance performer in the following year. As a three-year-old Cracksman won the Investec Derby Trial before running third when favourite for the 2017 Epsom Derby. The horse then finished runner-up in the Irish Derby. He went on to win the Great Voltigeur Stakes and Prix Niel, before recording an emphatic success in the Champion Stakes. He ended the year as the top-rated three-year-old in the world. In 2018, he won the Prix Ganay and the Coronation Cup before taking a second Champion Stakes.

Cracksman is the sire of Ace Impact, winner of the French Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2023.