Kingsway (horse)

Kingsway
Sire	Fairway
Grandsire	Phalaris
Dam	Yenna
Damsire	Ksar
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1940
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness
Owner	Alfred Saunders
Trainer	William Smyth Joseph Lawson
Record	12: 8-1-0 (incomplete)
Major wins
2000 Guineas Stakes (1943)

Kingsway (foaled 1940) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, best known for winning the classic 2000 Guineas in 1943. After being bought for 1,000 guineas in 1941 he showed promise by winning two of his three races as a two-year-old in 1942. Following a change of trainer he won on his debut in 1943 and then recorded an upset win over a strong field in the 2000 Guineas. He was beaten when tried over longer distances in the New Derby and the New St Leger before finishing second to Nasrullah in the Champion Stakes. He won four times as a four-year-old before being retired to stud. He had little success as a breeding stallion in Europe but sired two major winners in the United States.

Kingsway was a big, good-looking bay horse, bred by Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness. He was sired by Fairway, an outstanding racehorse who won the St Leger, the Eclipse Stakes and two runnings of the Champion Stakes. At stud his other winners included Blue Peter, Watling Street, Garden Path and Fair Trial. Kingsway's dam Yenna won minor races in France and England and had some influence as a broodmare, being the female-line ancestor of the 1000 Guineas winner Blue Bunting.

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