Sherwood Forest was bred in Australia and sold through the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
After beginning his season with a maiden win at Ruakaka, Sherwood Forest stepped up to stakes class and finished fifth in the Group 2 Hawke's Bay Guineas.
Trainer Tony Pike believed Sherwood Forest would come into his own over longer distances through the later part of the season, and so it proved.
But Sherwood Forest's superior stamina shone through, poking through between that pair in the straight and surging clear for an emphatic win ridden by Michael Walker.
In September 2020 Sherwood Forest dropped out of the 1400m JRA Trophy at Ellerslie with lameness, the race won by Two Illicit who had been runner up to it in the New Zealand Derby.