[4] Apart from Pennycomequick, Hurry On sired numerous major winners including Captain Cuttle, Coronach, Call Boy and Precipitation.
Pennycomequick's dam Plymstock was a daughter of the Oaks winner Winkipop and a half-sister to Blink who finished second in the Derby.
On 5 June Pennycomequick started the 11/10 favourite in a field of thirteen runners for the 151st running of the Oaks Stakes over one and a half miles at Epsom Racecourse.
[9] The filly was then dropped back in distance for the Coronation Stakes over one mile at Royal Ascot but ran poorly in a race won by Daumont.
[10] In September Pennycomequick was matched against male opposition and started 3/1 favourite for the St Leger at Doncaster Racecourse.
She moved up to join the leaders in the straight but faded in the last quarter mile and finished sixth of the nineteen runners behind Trigo.