Godswalk was a "strong, compact"[2] grey horse with a white star bred in Maryland by Glade Valley Farms and Peter Fuller.
At the Curragh in May he won the Marble Hill Stakes, taking the lead at half way and accelerating away from the field in the closing stages to beat Digitalis by five lengths, with Piney Ridge in third.
Godswalk started favourite for the Phoenix Stakes, but proved no match for the filly Cloonlara and was beaten into second place by a margin of six lengths.
The colt was scheduled to return to England for the Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot in October but the meeting was abandoned owing to the exceptionally wet, heavy ground.
In the William Hill Sprint Championship at York Racecourse in August, Godswalk again started odds-on favourite and was ridden by Piggott.
He was among the leaders from the start and looked the likely winner when going to front two furlongs from the finish, but began to struggle in the closing stages and was beaten a head by Haveroid.
[2] There was no International Classification of European two-year-olds in 1976: the official handicappers of Britain, Ireland and France compiled separate rankings for horses which competed in those countries.
[7] His most notable offspring was the 1984 British Horse of the Year Provideo, but he also sired St Jude (Canterbury Guineas), Shearwalk (third in the 1983 Epsom Derby), Celestial Dancer (Prix de Meautry) and Godstone (Richmond Stakes).