On-and-On

{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse

| horsename = On-and-On

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| sire = Nasrullah

| grandsire = Nearco

| dam = Two Lea

| damsire = Bull Lea

| sex = Stallion

| foaled = 1956

| country = United States

| color = Bay

| breeder = Calumet Farm

| owner = Calumet Farm

| trainer = Horace A. Jones

| record = 58: 12-11-10

| earnings = US$390,718

| race = Ohio Derby (1959)
Sheridan Stakes (1959)
Brooklyn Handicap (1960)
Arch Ward Handicap (1960)
Tropical Park Orange Bowl Handicap (1960)
McLennan Handicap (1960)
Tropical Park Handicap (1960)

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On-and-On (April 24, 1956 – 1970) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was a top runner for owner/breeder Calumet Farm and the sire of their 1968 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Forward Pass[http://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/on-and-on On-and-On's progeny] and the damsire of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Alydar.

Bred in Kentucky, On-and-On was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Jones[http://www.pedigreequery.com/on-and-on On-and-On's pedigree] The colt did not develop enough to compete in any of the 1959 U.S. Triple Crown races but went on to win the Ohio Derby and at age four earned wins in important events such as the Brooklyn[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WaIkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OvoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3311,4015078&dq=on-and-on+brooklyn+handicap&hl=en Lakeland Ledger (Florida) - July 31, 1960] McLennan[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ohUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xpsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3021,2072031&dq=on-and-on+mclennan+handicap&hl=en Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania) - February 7, 1960] and Tropical Park Handicaps, setting a new track record for a mile and eighth on dirt in the latter that was only 1/5 of a second off the world record.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tIBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Bz8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2650,95957&dq=on-and-on+tropical+park+handicap&hl=en Miami News - January 16, 1960]

On-and-On died in 1970 and was buried in Calumet Farm's equine cemetery.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Graves/GraveMattersFarmNAM.html |title=Grave Matters: North American Farm Index - Calumet Farm

|publisher=Thoroughbred Heriotage |date=2021-02-14 |accessdate=2021-02-14}}

Pedigree

{{Pedigree

|name = On-and-On, bay stallion, 1956

|f = Nasrullah
1940

|m = Two Lea
1946

|ff = Nearco

|fm = Mumtaz Begum

|mf = Bull Lea

|mm = Two Bob

|fff = Pharos

|ffm = Nogara

|fmf = Blenheim

|fmm = Mumtaz Mahal

|mff = Bull Dog

|mfm = Rose Leaves

|mmf = The Porter

|mmm = Blessings

|ffff = Phalaris

|fffm = Scapa Flow

|ffmf = Havresac

|ffmm = Catnip

|fmff = Blandford

|fmfm = Malva

|fmmf = The Tetrarch

|fmmm = Lady Josephine

|mfff = Teddy

|mffm = Plucky Liege

|mfmf = Ballot

|mfmm = Colonial

|mmff = Sweep

|mmfm = Ballet Girl

|mmmf = Chicle

|mmmm = Mission Bells (family: 23-b)

}}

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