His dam was the unraced Toute Suite by Sainfoin, who sired English Triple Crown winner Rock Sand.

[3] Hurry On cost his Scotch whisky producer owner James Buchanan, later Baron Woolavington, 500 guineas as a yearling.

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.

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.

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