| Rushaway | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Haste |
| Grandsire | Maintenant |
| Dam | Roseway |
| Damsire | Stornoway |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1933 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Black |
| Breeder | Joseph E. Widener |
| Owner | 1) Joseph E. Widener 2) Alfred G. Tarn |
| Trainer | Alfred G. Tarn |
| Record | 107: 17-14-16 |
| Earnings | US$47,540 |
| Major wins | |
| Orlando Purse (1936) Illinois Derby (1936) Latonia Derby (1936) Louisiana Derby (1936) Middlesex County Handicap (1936) Marquette Handicap (1937) | |
| Honours | |
| Rushaway Stakes at Turfway Park | |
Rushaway (foaled 1933 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose enduring legacy was his two Derby wins on consecutive days in two different states.[1] Owned and trained by Alfred Tarn, in both races, Rushaway was ridden by Tarn's son-in-law, the future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Longden. On Friday afternoon, May 22, 1936, Rushaway won the Illinois Derby at Aurora Downs in Aurora, Illinois.[2] That night, Tarn shipped the three-year-old gelding three hundred miles south via express train to the Latonia Race Track in Latonia, Kentucky, where on Saturday afternoon he won the Latonia Derby. Rushaway's feat of endurance is still talked about more than eighty years later.[3]