Law Society was a strongly-built, good-looking[2] brown horse with a small white star[3] bred at the Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky by William Stamps Farish III.
In July 1983, Law Society was sent as a yearling to the sales at Keeneland where he bought for $2,700,000 by representatives of BBA (Ireland)[5] acting on behalf of Stavros Niarchos.
At the time his success drew little coverage, as attention was focused on his better regarded stable companion Father Matthew who ran unsuccessfully in the Tyros Stakes on the same card.
[6] In October, Law Society was sent to the United Kingdom to contest Britain's most prestigious two-year-old race, the Dewhurst Stakes over seven furlong at Newmarket Racecourse.
Law Society moved up to contest the lead a quarter of a mile finish and was soon engaged in a three-way struggle with Local Suitor and the 20/1 outsider Kala Dancer.
Eddery settled Law Society in the middle of the field but was blocked when attempting to move the colt forward and was forced to switch to the outside in the straight.
The favourite produced a strong late run and despite hanging to the right in the closing stages, he caught Theatrical inside the final hundred yards and won by half a length.
"[8] Law Society returned to England in July for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot Racecourse, where he was matched against older horses for the first time and started second favourite behind the filly Oh So Sharp.
[2] In 1984, the independent Timeform organisation gave Law Society a rating of 129, making him their equal top-rated two-year-old alongside Kala Dancer, while the official International Classification ranked him second behind the same colt.