Hurry On
SireMarcovil
GrandsireMarco
DamTout Suite
DamsireSainfoin
SexStallion
Foaled7 May 1913
CountryGreat Britain
ColourChestnut
BreederWilliam Murland
OwnerJames Buchanan
TrainerFred Darling
Record6: 6-0-0
Earnings£3,248[1]
Major wins
St. Leger (1916)
Jockey Club Cup (1916)
Honours
Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland (1926)
Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (1938, 1944, 1945)
Last updated on 13 June 2009

Hurry On (7 May 1913 – 1936) was an undefeated British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire that revived the Matchem sire line.[2] English trainer Fred Darling called Hurry On the best horse he ever trained.

Breeding

Hurry On was by Marcovil, who won two races and was an ordinary sire. His dam was the unraced Toute Suite by Sainfoin, who sired English Triple Crown winner Rock Sand. Marcovil was inbred to Hermit in the 3rd remove.[3] Hurry On cost his Scotch whisky producer owner James Buchanan, later Baron Woolavington, 500 guineas as a yearling. He was a late colt, having been foaled on 7 May, but he matured into a 17 hands high horse.

Racing record

As he was a backward late colt, Hurry On was not raced as a two-year-old and was not entered in The Derby. He was undefeated in all of his six three-year-old starts, ranging in distance from 8 to 14 furlongs, which included the wartime St. Leger at Newmarket Racecourse and the Jockey Club Cup.

Stud record

Hurry On sired Epsom Derby winner Captain Cuttle from the first mare he covered at stud and was the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1926, the year his colt Coronach emulated Captain Cuttle at Epsom. He sired a third Derby winner in Call Boy, as well as two Epsom Oaks winners, Pennycomequick and Toboggan, and two 1,000 Guineas winners, Plack and Cresta Run.[4] In 1921 his stud fee was 200 guineas.[5]

These sons of Hurry On sired further stakes-winners:[6]

Hurry On's daughters produced seven Classics winners, including Court Martial. This led to him becoming the Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1938, 1944 and 1945.

Sire line tree

Pedigree

Pedigree of Hurry On (GB), chestnut stallion, 1913
Sire
Marcovil
1903 		Marco
1892 		Barcaldine Solon
Ballyroe
Novitiate Hermit*
Retty
Lady Villikins
1885 		Hagioscope Speculum
Sophia
Dinah Hermit*
The Ratcatcher's Daughter
Dam
Tout Suite
1904 		Sainfoin
1887 		Springfield St. Albans
Viridis
Sanda Wenlock
Sandal
Star
1887 		Thurio Cremorne
Verona
Meteor Thunderbolt
Duty (Family: 2-d)[13]

* Hurry On is inbred 4S × 4S to the stallion Hermit, meaning that he appears twice fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree.

See also

References

  1. ^ Birch, Franklin E., Pedigrees of Leading Winners 1912-1959, The Thoroughbred Breeders Assoc., London, 1960
  2. ^ a b Leicester, Sir Charles, "Bloodstock Breeding", J.A. Allen & Co, London, 1969
  3. ^ Pryor, Peter, The Classic Connection, Cortney Publications, Luton, 1979
  4. ^ Ahnert, Rainer L. (editor in chief), "Thoroughbred Breeding of the World", Pozdun Publishing, Germany, 1970
  5. ^ Ruff's guide to the turf. Office of Ruff's Guide, London. 1920.
  6. ^ a b Thoroughbred Origins: the Godolphin Arabian Male Bloodline Part 1
  7. ^ ASB - Coronach (GB) Retrieved on 2009-6-12
  8. ^ Hunter's Moon
  9. ^ Portraits: Hurry On
  10. ^ The Godolphin Arabian & his descendants
  11. ^ Portraits: Hunter's Moon
  12. ^ Le Mexico
  13. ^ ASB: Hurry On (GB) Retrieved 2011-1-29

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