Gang Forward

Gang Forward
Contemporary drawing of Gang Forward by an unknown artist.
Sire
Grandsire	The Baron
Dam	Lady Mary
Damsire	Orlando
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1870
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Brown
Owner	William Stirling Crawfurd
Trainer	Alec Taylor, Sr.
Record	?:10-?-?
Earnings	£7,591
Major wins
Boscawen Stakes (1872) Glasgow Stakes (1872) 2000 Guineas (1873) St. James's Palace Stakes (1873) Ascot Derby (1873) Jockey Club Cup (1874) Craven Stakes (1875)

Gang Forward (1870–1899) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from 1872 until 1874 he won ten races. He was one of the best colts of his generation in England, winning the 2000 Guineas in 1873. He later became a successful sire of winners in Australia.

Gang Forward, described as "a remarkably handsome, powerful colt" was bred by his owner William Stirling Crawfurd, an "old school" sportsman who had married the widow of the Duke of Montrose. Stirling Crawfurd named the colt after the motto of Clan Stirling. Gang Forward was a chestnut horse standing 15.3 hands high with a white blaze and a white sock on his right hind leg. He was sired by , winner of the 1852 St. Leger and 2,000 Guineas Stakes and a seven time leading sire. Gang Forward was trained at Manton by Alec Taylor, Sr..

Gang Forward began his racing career in September 1872, when he contested the Municipal Plate at Doncaster. He started a strong favourite at odds of 1/5 but was beaten into second place by an unnamed colt later named Fontabrian. It was subsequently revealed that he had been hampered by having twisted at least two of his racing plates during the race, although other sources attributed his defeat to his being "very backward". At the First October meeting at Newmarket he recorded his first victory when winning the Boscawen Stakes by a head from Surinam. Later at the same meeting he beat Paladin by a neck to win the Triennial Produce Stakes. At the end of October, Gang Forward ran twice at Newmarket's Houghton meeting and claimed two more prizes. He won the Glasgow Stakes from Andred and Surinam after a "fine race" and then was allowed to walk over for a first prize of £500 in a Sweepstakes when his opponents were withdrawn.