Hurry to Market (foaled 1961 in

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) was an American

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. He was voted

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in 1963, but his career was ended by injury before he could run again.

Background

Bred by Louise Clements, he was out of Hasty Girl, a daughter of two-time

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. His sire was To Market, a multiple top stakes race winner who set several track records and whose sire,

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, was the 1943 American Co-Champion Older Male Horse. Hurry to Market was purchased at the

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man and Fair Grounds Hall of Fame inductee Roger Wilson and the daughter of his business partner, Mrs. T. P. Hull, Jr. He was trained by former jockey

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Racing career

His strong juvenile season was capped off in a major race for two-year-olds in mid-November when he defeated Roman Brother in winning the

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and then survived a protest from

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, the rider of the runner-up. Never finishing worse than third, Hurry to Market's performances in 1963 saw him voted

by the ''

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'' and the Thoroughbred Racing Association. The rival Turf & Sports Digest poll was topped by

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. Going into the 1964 racing season, Hurry to Market was rated at 125 pounds on the

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, ahead of

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who was assigned 123 pounds. With Raise a Native retired due to injury, Hurry to Market was the early favorite for the

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. However, in January 1964 the colt sustained a quarter crack in his right hind hoof that would end his racing career.

Stud record

Retired to

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duty, Hurry to Market met with limited success but did sire multiple stakes winner, A Letter to Harry.

References

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