Empeñosa stayed well enough to win top-level races in Argentina over 2000 meters (about 1¼ miles), but when sent to Brazil, she proved to be the fastest sprinter of her time in that country. She was as good a broodmare as she was a racer, producing two champions and a Classic winner in her adopted country.
Race record
15 starts, 10 wins, 3 seconds, 0 thirds, 300,654 Argentine pesos plus 290,000 cruizeros
1948:
1949:
1950:
Honors
Argentine champion 3-year-old filly (1948)
As an individual
A bay mare, Empeñosa had great quality but was lightly made with a delicate constitution.
As a producer
Empeñosa produced at least nine named foals of racing age. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Empeñosa was bred by Haras Argentino. In Brazil, she was owned by Stud Seabra.
Pedigree notes
Empeñosa is inbred 5x5x5 to four-time English champion sire Persimmon and 5x5x5 to Persimmon’s sire, nine-time English champion sire St. Simon. She is out of Ermua, whose dam Guernica was sired by the important Argentine sire Sandal (by 1902 Ascot Gold Cup winner William the Third) out of Energie, by two-time Argentine champion sire Your Majesty. Energie is a full sister to 1935 Chilean champion sire Henry Lee, winner of the Premio General Pueyrredon in Argentina, and to Premio Saavedra winner Hermann Goos,
Energie’s dam Energica won the 1913 Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini. A daughter of Cyllene, she was produced from 1902 Gran Premio Selección winner Particula (by Stiletto), making her a half sister to 1915 Premio Arenales winner Aguerrido (by Polar Star). The female line traces back to the great Argentine foundation mare Ante Diem.
Last updated: April 22, 2024
Race record
15 starts, 10 wins, 3 seconds, 0 thirds, 300,654 Argentine pesos plus 290,000 cruizeros
1948:
- Won Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas) (ARG, 1600mD, Palermo)
- Won Gran Premio Selección (Argentine Oaks) (ARG, 2000mD, Palermo)
1949:
- Won Gran Premio Enrique Acebal (ARG, 2000mT, San Isidro)
- Won Premio Perú (ARG, 1800mD, Palermo)
1950:
- Won Grande Prêmio Associação Brasileira de Criadores e Proprietários do Cavalo de Corrida (BRZ, 1200mT, Cidade Jardim; new course record)
- Won Grande Prêmio Major Suckow (BRZ, 1000mT, Gávea; new course record :57.60)
Honors
Argentine champion 3-year-old filly (1948)
As an individual
A bay mare, Empeñosa had great quality but was lightly made with a delicate constitution.
As a producer
Empeñosa produced at least nine named foals of racing age. Her important foals are as follow:
- Emoción (1955, by Orsenigo) was the Brazilian champion 3-year-old filly of 1958/59. She is the dam of 1967/68 Brazilian champion 3-year-old filly Embuche (by Le Haar) and the second dam of multiple Brazilian Group 1 winner Emerald Hill and 1983 Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires (ARG-G1) winner Emociones. She is also the third dam of multiple Argentine Group 2 winner and 2007 Argentine Broodmare of the Year Latencia. Her more distant descendants include 2007 Argentine Horse of the Year Latency, 2006 Argentine champion 3-year-old filly and Mare of the Year Emotion Parade, and 2020/21 Uruguayan champion stayer Atletico El Culano among others of merit.
- Empyreu (1957, by Coaraze) won the 1960 Grande Prêmio Ipiranga (Brazilian Two Thousand Guineas). He sired only one known stakes winner.
- Emerson (1958, by Coaraze) was the Brazilian champion 3-year-old male of 1961/62. According to Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World (2006, Churchill, Reichard, and Rogers), he sired 13 stakes winners while standing in France, headed by 1972 Prix de Diane (French Oaks, FR-G1) winner Rescousse. The Jockey Club credits Emerson with 14 stakes winners.
Connections
Empeñosa was bred by Haras Argentino. In Brazil, she was owned by Stud Seabra.
Pedigree notes
Empeñosa is inbred 5x5x5 to four-time English champion sire Persimmon and 5x5x5 to Persimmon’s sire, nine-time English champion sire St. Simon. She is out of Ermua, whose dam Guernica was sired by the important Argentine sire Sandal (by 1902 Ascot Gold Cup winner William the Third) out of Energie, by two-time Argentine champion sire Your Majesty. Energie is a full sister to 1935 Chilean champion sire Henry Lee, winner of the Premio General Pueyrredon in Argentina, and to Premio Saavedra winner Hermann Goos,
Energie’s dam Energica won the 1913 Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini. A daughter of Cyllene, she was produced from 1902 Gran Premio Selección winner Particula (by Stiletto), making her a half sister to 1915 Premio Arenales winner Aguerrido (by Polar Star). The female line traces back to the great Argentine foundation mare Ante Diem.
Last updated: April 22, 2024