Garden Path | |
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Sire | Fairway |
Grandsire | Phalaris |
Dam | Ranais |
Damsire | Rabelais |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 1941 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Brown |
Breeder | Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby |
Owner | Lord Derby |
Trainer | Walter Earl |
Record | 6: 3-0-2 |
Major wins | |
2000 Guineas (1944) |
Garden Path (foaled 1941) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic 2000 Guineas in 1944. In a racing career conducted entirely at Newmarket Racecourse the filly ran six times and won three races. She was one of the best British two-year-olds of 1943, when she won one race and was placed in both the Middle Park Stakes and the Cheveley Park Stakes. After winning on her first appearance of 1944 she became the first (and still the only) filly since 1902 to win the 2000 Guineas against colts. On her only subsequent race she was injured when finishing unplaced in the Derby. She was retired from racing at the end of the season and had some success as a broodmare.