Roseway (1916 – 1936) was a British

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racehorse and

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. She showed promise as a juvenile in 1918 when she won twice and was second twice from seven starts. In the following spring she produced by far her best performance when she won the

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by six

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. She finished second when odds-on favourite for the

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but ran poorly in two subsequent races and was retired from racing at the end of the year. She had some success as a broodmare both in Britain and in the United States.

Background

Roseway was a brown mare bred and owned by the newspaper proprietor

Edward Hulton Sir Edward George Stephen Hulton, 1st Baronet (3 March 1869 – 23 May 1925) was a British newspaper proprietor and thoroughbred racehorse owner. In 1921, he was awarded a baronetcy, of Downside in the parish of Leatherhead in Surrey, for p ...

. She was trained by Frank Hartigan at

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. Her sire Stornoway was at his best as a two-year-old in 1913 when his wins included the

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. He ran only once subsequently and sired Roseway in his first season at stud. Roseway's dam Rose of Ayrshire produced several good broodmares and was the female-line ancestor of the Irish Derby winner Steel Pulse and the Argentinian champion Telescopico.

Racing career

1918: two-year-old season

Roseway began her racecourse career at

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in June when she won the Home-bred Two-year-old Plate. In the following month at the same track she followed up by taking the Isleham Plate from Sunny Rhyme. Her two wins that summer earned her owner a total of £589. On her return at Newmarket in October she started 15/8 second favourite for the Buckenham Stakes and finished second, beaten a head by Lord Basil, a highly-rated colt from the

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stable. In the course of the season, Roseway also finished second in the Barton Mills Nursery Handicap and ran unplaced on three occasions.

1919: three-year-old season

On 9 May, Roseway started the 2/1 favourite ahead of fourteen opponents for the 106th running of the 1000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile course. Ridden by Albert "Snowy" Whalley she won by six

from Britannia with Glaciale a length and a half away in third place. Roseway's winning margin was the second widest of the 20th century, behind only

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's seven length win in 1970.

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took the ride when Roseway started the 4/7 favourite for the

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over one and a half miles at

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on 6 June. She took the lead in the straight but was overtaken inside the final furlong and was beaten one and a half lengths by

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. At

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later in June, Roseway was beaten by the

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's colt Viceroy in the Waterford Stakes over one mile. In July she started the 8/13 favourite for the

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at Newmarket but finished last of the five runners behind Tomatina. By the end of July the filly had earned £4,814 in prize money. Roseway reportedly became "unreliable" in late 1919 and at the end of the year Hulton sold her to Sir George Greenhill who retired her from racing to become a broodmare.

Assessment and honours

In their book, ''A Century of Champions'', based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Roseway a "poor" winner of the 1000 Guineas.

Breeding record

Roseway produced at least two foals in Britain and at least six more after her export to the United States. Roseway died in 1936. *Roseola, a black filly, foaled in 1923, sired by

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. Dam of Tornado, winner of the

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. *Heatherway, brown colt, 1924, by

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*Phalara (USA), brown filly, 1926, by

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*Arbor (USA), chestnut filly, 1930, by

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*Entwine (USA), bay mare, 1932, by

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(USA), black gelding, 1933 by Haste. Won

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. *Queen Full (USA), chestnut filly, 1934 by Jack High *Hard Times (USA), brown colt, 1936 by Sickle

Pedigree

*Roseway was

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3 × 4 to Hampton, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree. She was also inbred 4 × 4 to Galopin.

References

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