Landaluce (April 11, 1980 – November 28, 1982) was a champion American

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. She was out of the first crop sired by

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, 1977's Horse of the Year and the 10th winner of America's Triple Crown. Her dam was Strip Poker, by Bold Bidder, sired by

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History

Bred by Francis Kernan in

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on Spendthrift Farm, the yearling Landaluce was chosen at auction for buyers Lloyd French and Barry Beal by

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trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Her price tag was $650,000. Lukas said he noticed her "tremendous heart girth". Beal and French named their new filly after a guide on a

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ranch they had once visited, Francisco Landaluce. Racing only at two, during that year Landaluce started five times and won each race. Her combined winning margin was 46½ lengths, 21 of those lengths coming in the

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Hollywood Lassie Stakes. She debuted at

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on July 3, 1982, winning a six-

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Maiden Special Weight in a time of 1:08 1/5. Her

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was Hall of Famer Laffit Pincay, Jr. After riding her once, Pincay chose to continue riding her. On July 10, Landaluce won the six-furlong Hollywood Lassie by 21 lengths in 1:08 flat. Her margin of victory remains the largest ever run in any race by a two-year-old at Hollywood Park. At

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on September 5, Landaluce won the one-mile

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. She then went to

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for the October 11 running of the seven-furlong Grade II Anoakia Stakes, which she won by eight lengths. Her last race, and her last victory, was the one-and- one-sixteenth-mile Grade I Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita. Lukas began preparing her for the Grade I Hollywood Starlet Stakes, scheduled to run on November 28. However, on November 22, Landaluce became ill with colitis X, a disease that had nearly killed her sire. Landaluce steadily weakened from the blood clots formed by the severe bacterial invasion and died on November 28, 1982. Landaluce was posthumously awarded the

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for 1982. The Hollywood Lassie Stakes was renamed the Landaluce Stakes in her honor, and she was buried in the infield at Hollywood Park. After the closure of Hollywood Park in 2014, her remains were moved to Spendthrift Farm in

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