Great Communicator

{{short description|American Thoroughbred racehorse}}

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{{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse

| horsename = Great Communicator

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| sire = Key to the Kingdom

| grandsire = Bold Ruler

| dam = Blaheen

| damsire = Beekeeper

| sex = Stallion

| foaled = 1983

| country = United States

| color = Bay

| breeder = James B. Watriss

| owner = Class Act Farm (George Ackel)

| trainer = Thad Ackel

| record = 56: 14-10-7

| earnings = $2,922,615

| race = Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes (1988)
San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1988)
Golden Gate Handicap (1988)
San Luis Obispo Handicap (1988, 1989)
San Marcos Handicap (1988)
Hollywood Turf Cup (1989)
Henry P. Russell Handicap (1990)

Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Turf (1988)

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Great Communicator (1983–1990) 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 Breeders’ Cup before he and jockey Ray Sibille won the Turf with Great Communicator in 1988.{{Cite web |last=Christine |first=Bill |date=1998-11-03 |title=Fame Was Fleeting for These Three Trainers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-03-sp-39026-story.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

Great Communicator suffered a breakdown in 1990 at the Carleton F. Burke Handicap in Santa Anita Park and was euthanized.