A Volonté (ARG)
1939 – c. 1947
Ipe (ARG) x Griseta (ARG), by Papanatas (ARG)
Family 4-b
1939 – c. 1947
Ipe (ARG) x Griseta (ARG), by Papanatas (ARG)
Family 4-b
A talented colt who did not have a long racing career, A Volonté reached his peak when dead-heating with Tónico for the Gran Premio Jockey Club, the second leg of the Argentine Triple Crown. He was not a success at stud in a short career as a stallion.
Race record
7 starts, 4 wins, 2 seconds
1942:
As an individual
A chestnut horse; no further information available.
As a stallion
A Volonté’s sire records from Argentina are incomplete. His best runner was Fascinado, winner of the 1952 El Derby in Chile.
Notable progeny
Fascinado (ARG)
Connections
A Volonté was bred by Saturnino J. Unzué’s Haras San Jacinto, which also bred his first three dams. He raced for Caballeriza Indecis. He stood at Haras San Jacinto. His last Argentine crop appears to have arrived in 1948.
Pedigree notes
Sired by 1935 Prix Daru winner Ipe (by Town Guard, by Hurry On), A Volonté is outcrossed through five generations. He is a half brother to Los Altos (by Ipe’s son Remo), a winner of Venezuela’s Premio Simón Bolívar in 1953 and a stakes winner under the name of “Grief” in Argentina. A Volonté is also a half brother to the Argentine stakes winner Rompecabezas (by Requiebro) and to Gracieuse (by Master Vere), dam of multiple Argentine stakes winner Bufón (by Bandeirante).
Griseta, the dam of A Volonté, is by Gran Premio Montevideo winner Papanatas (by Pippermint). She is a half sister to Sonrisa (by Spike Island), dam of Premio Jorge Atucha winner Ridere (by Master Vere), and to Cimarrona (by Cinchón), second dam of 1957 William P. Kyne Memorial Handicap winner Pibe Carlitos and third dam of two-time Chilean champion Bristol. She is also a half sister to Jacintona (by Pippermint), third dam of 1946 Polla de Potrillos (Argentine Two Thousand Guineas) winner Remo.
Griseta and her sisters are out of Ocurrencia, a great race mare who won the 1915 Gran Premio Jockey Club. Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas), Gran Premio Selección (Argentine Oaks), Gran Premio Jockey Club, and Gran Premio Carlos Pellegini (then known as the Gran Premio Internacional). Sired by 1905 Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas) winner Val d’Or, Ocurrencia is out of Haras San Jacinto foundation mare Meltona (by 1885 Derby Stakes and St. Leger Stakes winner Melton).
Fun facts
Last updated: October 22, 2024
Race record
7 starts, 4 wins, 2 seconds
1942:
- Won Gran Premio Jockey Club (ARG, 2000mT, San Isidro; dead heat with Tónico)
- Won Premio Coronel M. F. Martinez (ARG, 1800mD, Palermo)
- Won Premio Guillermo Kemmis (ARG, 1000mD, Palermo)
- Won Premio Raul Chevalier (ARG, 1400mT, San Isidro)
- 2nd Gran Premio Nacional (Argentine Derby) (ARG, 2500mD, Palermo)
- 2nd Premio Santiago Luro (ARG, 1200mD, Palermo)
As an individual
A chestnut horse; no further information available.
As a stallion
A Volonté’s sire records from Argentina are incomplete. His best runner was Fascinado, winner of the 1952 El Derby in Chile.
Notable progeny
Fascinado (ARG)
Connections
A Volonté was bred by Saturnino J. Unzué’s Haras San Jacinto, which also bred his first three dams. He raced for Caballeriza Indecis. He stood at Haras San Jacinto. His last Argentine crop appears to have arrived in 1948.
Pedigree notes
Sired by 1935 Prix Daru winner Ipe (by Town Guard, by Hurry On), A Volonté is outcrossed through five generations. He is a half brother to Los Altos (by Ipe’s son Remo), a winner of Venezuela’s Premio Simón Bolívar in 1953 and a stakes winner under the name of “Grief” in Argentina. A Volonté is also a half brother to the Argentine stakes winner Rompecabezas (by Requiebro) and to Gracieuse (by Master Vere), dam of multiple Argentine stakes winner Bufón (by Bandeirante).
Griseta, the dam of A Volonté, is by Gran Premio Montevideo winner Papanatas (by Pippermint). She is a half sister to Sonrisa (by Spike Island), dam of Premio Jorge Atucha winner Ridere (by Master Vere), and to Cimarrona (by Cinchón), second dam of 1957 William P. Kyne Memorial Handicap winner Pibe Carlitos and third dam of two-time Chilean champion Bristol. She is also a half sister to Jacintona (by Pippermint), third dam of 1946 Polla de Potrillos (Argentine Two Thousand Guineas) winner Remo.
Griseta and her sisters are out of Ocurrencia, a great race mare who won the 1915 Gran Premio Jockey Club. Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas), Gran Premio Selección (Argentine Oaks), Gran Premio Jockey Club, and Gran Premio Carlos Pellegini (then known as the Gran Premio Internacional). Sired by 1905 Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas) winner Val d’Or, Ocurrencia is out of Haras San Jacinto foundation mare Meltona (by 1885 Derby Stakes and St. Leger Stakes winner Melton).
Fun facts
- "A volonté" can be roughly translated to English as “on the fly.”
Last updated: October 22, 2024