Great Communicator (1983âÂÂ1990) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1988 Breeders' Cup Turf.
Owned by George Ackel and trained by his son Thad, Great Communicator was a grandson of the Hall of Fame sire Bold Ruler, an eight-time Leading sire in North America whose progeny includes the legendary Secretariat.
Thad Ackel had never started a horse in the Breedersâ Cup before he and jockey Ray Sibille won the Turf with Great Communicator in 1988.
Great Communicator suffered a breakdown in 1990 at the Carleton F. Burke Handicap in Santa Anita Park and was euthanized.