Owned and bred by the renowned automobile pioneer, Col. Sam McLaughlin, he was out of the mare, Forsworn.
[1] Trained by Arthur Brent, in his first two races at age two Kingarvie was beaten by fellow future Hall of Fame inductee, Windfields.
He then went on a ten-race winning streak that extended into 1946 which included the 87th running of the King's Plate when jockey Johnny Dewhurst rode him to victory.
In January 1955, Kingarvie suffered injuries during training at Gulfstream Park and had to be euthanized.
[2] In 1976 he was part of the inaugural class inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.