[3] Rushaway was bred by the prominent Thoroughbred owner, breeder and Hialeah Park Race Track proprietor Joseph E. Widener at his Elmendorf Farm in Fayette County, Kentucky.
Roseway was sold for breeding usage by her owner/breeder Sir Edward Hulton and in 1925 new owner Joseph Widener brought her to the United States to stand at his Kentucky stud farm.
[7] Less than a month later, Rushaway showed his new owner his potential when, on March 29, he broke the track record in winning the mile and one eighth Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.
[9] Rushaway's back-to-back wins in a two-day period was and remains a most noteworthy achievement which the Daily Racing Form (DRF) reported was "a feat without known precedent in this country or abroad."
The accomplishment was made even more remarkable because Rushaway was carrying top weight in the eight-horse field by three pounds yet won by 6 lengths and did it in a new race record time for the mile-and-a-quarter distance.
[12] As a four-year-old Rushaway continued winning in a fast time, setting a new Lincoln Fields track record of 1:50 flat for 1 1/8 miles in the 1937 Marquette Handicap.