Congreve (1924–1944) was an Argentine Thoroughbred racehorse and one of the most influential sires in South America. He was a bay stallion by Copyright (GB) (by Tracery, who was sired by Rock Sand) his dam Per Noi by Perrier (GB).

Background

Congreve was bred by Haras El Pelado. His sire, Copyright, was a leading sire in Argentina.

Racing record

Congreve raced over four seasons, from ages 3 to 6. During this time, he started 18 times for 11 wins and 5 places with winnings of 247,571 pesos. Winner of the Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos and Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, he was considered one of the best racehorses of his generation, despite soundness issues after an injury at the age of three.

Stud career

The Haras Ojo de Agua stud in Argentina already had a good broodmare band when it purchased Congreve for stud duties. In his first few seasons at stud, Congreve was not bred to high class mares. Despite this, he quickly proved to be an excellent sire. Congreve was the leading sire in Argentine on seven occasions (1937, 1939-1941, 1943-1945), ranked twice second (1935, 1942), third once (1936), and seventh once (1938). He was also ranked sixth on the United States sire list in 1939. Congreve headed the Argentine broodmare sire list five times (1948, 1949, 1951-1953). During his stud career, he sired 177 winners, including at least 40 stakes winners, of nearly 600 races with total stakes earnings of over 5,567,992 pesos. Congreve is considered an Intermediate chef-de-race in the Roman-Miller dosage system.

Notable offspring

Congreve's progeny include eight Argentinian champions, six winners of the Gran Premio Nacional, four winners of the Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas, four winners of the Gran Premio Jockey Club, three winners of the Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos, three winners of the Gran Premio Selección, and two winners of the Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini.

Notable offspring of daughters

Pedigree