Cross Counter

Cross Counter
Racing silks of Godolphin
SireTeofilo
GrandsireGalileo
DamWaitress
DamsireKingmambo
SexGelding
Foaled5 April 2015[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederGodolphin
OwnerGodolphin
TrainerCharlie Appleby
Record16: 6-2-3
Earnings£3,610,588
Major wins
Gordon Stakes (2018)
Melbourne Cup (2018)
Dubai Gold Cup (2019)
Awards
Australian Champion Stayer (2018/19)
Last updated on 6 November 2018

Cross Counter (foaled 5 April 2015) is a Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2018 Melbourne Cup. After winning two minor races he was gelded before returning in the summer of 2018 to win two more races including the Gordon Stakes as well as finishing second in the Great Voltigeur Stakes and fourth in the King George V Stakes. In autumn he was sent to Australia and on 6 November he became the first British-trained horse to win the Melbourne Cup. In 2019 he won the Dubai Gold Cup and ran third in the Goodwood Cup. He failed to win in 2020 but finished third in the Ascot Gold Cup and the Henry II Stakes.

  1. ^ Cross Counter pedigree – EquineLine.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.