Kingman (British horse)

Kingman
Kingman at the Irish 2000 Guineas
Sire	Invincible Spirit
Grandsire	Green Desert
Dam	Zenda
Damsire	Zamindar
Sex	Colt
Foaled	26 February 2011
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Juddmonte Farms
Owner	Khalid Abdullah
Trainer	John Gosden
Jockey	James Doyle
Record	8: 7–1–0
Major wins
Solario Stakes (2013) Greenham Stakes (2014) Irish 2000 Guineas (2014) St. James's Palace Stakes (2014) Sussex Stakes (2014) Prix Jacques Le Marois (2014)
Awards
Cartier Horse of the Year (2014) Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (2014) World's top-rated three-year-old colt (2014)

Kingman (foaled 26 February 2011) is a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Khalid Abdullah and trained by John Gosden. As a three-year-old he won the Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas, St. James's Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes and Prix Jacques le Marois.

Kingman's career began with a six length win in a maiden race at Newmarket under jockey Ryan Moore. Moore was impressed by the colt but called the ante-post price for the 2000 Guineas of 10/1 an overreaction. His next race was the Group 3 Solario Stakes at Sandown Park Racecourse this time with Khalid Abdullah's new retained jockey James Doyle on board. Kingman won by two lengths to Godolphin's colt Emirates Flyer. Following the win his price for the 2,000 Guineas was again cut. Gosden shared plans for a run in the Dewhurst Stakes but these were scrapped following a bone chip.

Following recovery from an operation to remove the bone chip, Kingman's first race as a three year old was the Greenham Stakes at Newbury Racecourse. Kingman accelerated in the final two furlongs to win by four and a half lengths bringing back memories of Khalid Adbullah's superstar horse Frankel's impressive victory in the same race. Following the victory the Guineas price was once again cut with some bookmakers making Kingman joint favourite to the Aidan O'Brien trained Australia Kingman started favourite for the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, but was beaten into second place by Night of Thunder, with Australia in third place. On 24 May, Kingman recorded his first Group One success when he won the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh Racecourse.