Precipitation was an influential British bred

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who is found in the pedigrees of many racehorses and sport horses today. He is responsible for helping maintain the

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sireline, through his son Sheshoon.

Pedigree

He was by

Hurry On Hurry On (7 May 1913 – 1936) was an undefeated British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire that revived the Matchem sire line.Leicester, Sir Charles, "Bloodstock Breeding", J.A. Allen & Co, London, 1969 English trainer Fred Darling called Hurry ...

and out of

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, a foundation mare of the famous British

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, Someries Stud. Hurry On, the sire of Precipitation, was unbeaten in his six starts and sired three winners of The Derby during the 1920s. Double Life was a good racemare that won six races worth £5,647 and then proved to be an exceptional

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. Her foals included Casanova (a winner and a good sire), Persian Gulf (

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and outstanding sire) and Doubleton who was the grandam of

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.Leicester, Sir Charles, ''Bloodstock Breeding'', J.A. Allen & Co, London, 1969

Racing record

Precipitation did not race until he was three owing to a heel problem.Hislop, John, ''Breeding for Racing'', Martin Secker & Warburg, London, 1976, He did well on the track, winning seven races including the 1937 Ascot Gold Cup (20f),

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(12f), Gratwicke Stakes and Queen's Prize (16f)Birch, Franklin E., ''Pedigrees of Leading Winners 1912-1959'', The Thoroughbred Breeders Assoc., London, 1960 for a total of £18,419.Stonebridge ''Great Horses'' p. 450

Stud record

He was successful at stud, producing seven classic winning racehorses and sport horses. During his stud career, which began in 1938, he was one of the leading sires in England, and produced over 50 stakes winners, including: *

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(won

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, Epsom Derby) * Chamossaire (won St. Leger Stakes and a leading sire) * Preciptic winner of 15 races including Druid Stakes, Lonsdale Handicap, Carew Stakes. stood at the Irish National Stud from age 7 until he died age 22. *

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(£36,949) * Why Hurry (

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) *

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(won St Leger Stakes) * Amber Flash (

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and dam of the Oaks Winner, Ambiguity)ASB: Precipitation
Retrieved 2010-3-3 In all Precipitation sired the winners of 431 races for prizemoney of £269,675. Precipitation's daughters produced the winners of 810 races worth £541,370. In

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, his blood lives on through the offspring of four great sons: Admiral's Luck, Count Rendered, Summertime and Agricola. Precipitation is well known for siring sport horses too, including

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, the sire of the influential

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and

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. Precipitation died on 6 March 1957.

References

* {{cite book , title=Great Horses of Our Time , last=Stonebridge , first=M. A. , year=1972 , publisher=Doubleday , location=New York 1933 racehorse births 1957 racehorse deaths Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Sport horse sires Thoroughbred family 2-i Godolphin Arabian sire line Chefs-de-Race