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{{Horse infobox
|horsename= Furioso
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|breed=[[Thoroughbred]]
|discipline=Show Jumping
|sire= [[Precipitation (horse)|Precipitation]]
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|dam= Maureen
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|sex= Stallion
|foaled= 1939
|country= United Kingdom
|color= Bay
|breeder=
|owner= French National Stud
|racerecord= 21 starts, 0 wins
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|updated= [March 4]] [[2008]]
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'''Furioso''' was an influential sire of jumping horses, and is found in the pedigrees of many top show jumpers today.
==Life==
[[Image:FamilyTree.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Furioso's lineage including the horses [[Precipitation (horse)|Precipitation]], [[Son-in-Law]], [[Double Life]] and [[Dark Ronald]]]]
Furioso was a terrible racehorse, with zero wins out of 21 starts. However, he was a fantastic sire of jumping horses, standing in France. Furioso was ‘well balanced but with slightly knock kneed forelegs and tight hocks’{{Fact|date=March 2008}} and 'had good bone, and walked liked a Lord, with a magnificent pace, very energetic and showing a great deal of amplitude, his tail swinging at each step. His trot and gallop were good but not exceptional. Though full of life he was docile and had a good temperament.’{{Fact|date=March 2008}}
After [[World War II]], he was purchased by the [[French National Stud]], where he was used as a breeding stallion until his death in 1968.<ref name=Great450>Stonebridge ''Great Horses'' p. 450-451</ref>
==Descendants==
Furioso was in the lines of 17 of the top 100 show jumping sires of the 1990s.
*Lutteur B (1955): Anglo-Norman, winner of the individual gold medal in [[show jumping]] at the 1964 Olympics
*[[Furioso II]]: sired 10 horses that competed at the Tokyo Olympics
*Mexico: Hanoverian
*[[Cor de la Bryere]]
*Urioso
*Belphegor IV
*Futuro
*Gurioso
*Urioso-Z
*Belle de Mars (1967): Selle Français, Olympic team Gold
*Finesse (1987): KWPN, leading showjumper
*For Pleasure (1986): Hanover, dual Olympic team Gold
*Goldfever (1991): Hanover, Olympic team Gold
*Jus de Pomme (1986): BWP, Olympic Gold (linebred 4 x 5 to Furioso)
*Khashm Al Aan (1987): BWP, Olympic Bronze
*Laeken (1977): Selle Français, World Championship team Bronze
*Leroy Brown (1984): Oldenburg, leading showjumper
*Midnight Madness (1983): KWPN, European Championship Bronze
*Pomone B (1959): Anglo-Norman, daughter of Lutteur B, World Champion
*Quidam de Revel (1982): Selle Français, Olympic team Bronze
*Quinta la Silla (1982): Selle Français, European Champion
*[[Quito de Baussy]] (1982): Selle Français, World Champion
*Rochet M (1983): Selle Français, Olympic Bronze and European Champion
*Souviens Toi III (1984): Selle Français, World Championship team Silver
*Thor des Chaines (1985): Selle Français, World Championship Silver
*Twist du Valon (1985): Selle Français, leading showjumper
==See also==
*[[Precipitation (horse)]]
*[[Furioso II]]
*[[Cor de la Bryere]]
==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book |title=Great Horses of Our Time |last=Stonebridge |first=M. A. |year=1972 |publisher=Doubleday |location=New York }}
==External links==
*[http://www.horsemagazine.com/BREEDINGBARN/GREAT_STALLIONS/furioso/furioso.html HorseMagazine.com]
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