title: Crafty Admiral
text: # Crafty Admiral
  
  Crafty Admiral (June 6, 1948 – 1972) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1952 American Champion Older Male Horse and Leading broodmare sire in North America in 1978.
  
  ## Background
  
  A very late foal, Crafty Admiral's dam, Admiral's Lady, died after producing the colt. He was purchased for $6,500 as a yearling by Hugh Grant at a special auction of Harry Guggenheim horses held in the paddock at Belmont Park. In late 1951, Grant sold him to Charles and Frances Cohen, a husband-and-wife team who raced under the name of Charfran Stable.
  
  ## Racing career
  
  Crafty Admiral set a new track record for seven furlongs in winning the 1952 Palm Beach Handicap at Hialeah Park Race Track.
  
  ## At stud
  
  Retired to stud in Kentucky in 1954, Crafty Admiral sired twenty-six stakes winners, including Crafty Lace, Crafty Khale and Admiral's Voyage who was the damsire of Danzig. Through his daughter, Won't Tell You, he is the damsire of 1978 U.S. Triple Crown champion Affirmed whose earnings helped make Crafty Admiral that year's Leading broodmare sire in North America.
  
  ## Pedigree
  
  Pedigree of Crafty Admiral :
  
  | Sire Fighting Fox | Sir Gallahad | Teddy | Ajax |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Sire Fighting Fox | Sir Gallahad | Teddy | Rondeau |
  | Sire Fighting Fox | Sir Gallahad | Plucky Liege | Spearmint |
  | Sire Fighting Fox | Sir Gallahad | Plucky Liege | Concertina |
  | Sire Fighting Fox | Marguerite | Celt | Commando |
  | Sire Fighting Fox | Marguerite | Celt | Maid of Erin |
  | Sire Fighting Fox | Marguerite | Fairy Ray | Radium |
  | Sire Fighting Fox | Marguerite | Fairy Ray | Seraph |
  | Dam Admiral's Lady | War Admiral | Man o' War | Fair Play |
  | Dam Admiral's Lady | War Admiral | Man o' War | Mahubah |
  | Dam Admiral's Lady | War Admiral | Brushup | Sweep |
  | Dam Admiral's Lady | War Admiral | Brushup | Annette K. |
  | Dam Admiral's Lady | Boola Brook | Bull Dog | Teddy |
  | Dam Admiral's Lady | Boola Brook | Bull Dog | Plucky Liege |
  | Dam Admiral's Lady | Boola Brook | Brookdale | Peter Pan |
  | Dam Admiral's Lady | Boola Brook | Brookdale | Sweepaway |
  