Crafty Lace (foaled March 11, 1959 in Ontario) was a thoroughbred racehorse who was voted Canadian Horse of the Year in 1962.
His dam was French Lace, whose sire was Blue Swords, a very good runner who finished second to Count Fleet in the 1943 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.
[2] On September 18, 1962, Crafty Lace was claimed for $7500 by trainer John Mooney for Buffalo businessman Jeremy Jacobs.
The horse ran second for the first time out under Mooney's care, and then won four races in a row to set a Woodbine Racetrack record for a mile and a sixteenth on dirt.
In his most important win, Crafty Lace was ridden by Ron Turcotte to a victory in the Breeders' Stakes, the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown series that was raced on turf.