Landaluce

Landaluce
Sire	Seattle Slew
Grandsire	Bold Reasoning
Dam	Strip Poker
Damsire	Bold Bidder
Sex	Filly
Foaled	1980
Country	United States
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Spendthrift Farm
Owner	L. R. French & Barry Beal
Trainer	D. Wayne Lukas
Record	5: 5-0–0
Earnings	$372,365
Major wins
Maiden Special Weight (1982) Hollywood Lassie Stakes (1982) Del Mar Debutante Stakes (1982) Anoake Stakes (1982) Oak Leaf Stakes (1982)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1982)

Landaluce (April 11, 1980 – November 28, 1982) was a champion American Thoroughbred race horse. She was out of the first crop sired by Seattle Slew, 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 Bold Ruler.

Bred by Francis Kernan in Kentucky on Spendthrift Farm, the yearling Landaluce was chosen at auction for buyers L. R. French and Barry Beal by Hall of Fame 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 Spanish 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 46 ½ lengths, 21 of those lengths coming in the Grade II Hollywood Lassie Stakes.

She debuted at Hollywood Park Racetrack on July 3, 1982, in a six-furlong Maiden Special Weight in the time of 1:08 1/5. (The horse that placed seven lengths behind her, Some Kinda Flirt, won her next race by a huge margin.) Her jockey was Hall of Famer Laffit Pincay, Jr.. Riding her once, Pincay chose to continue riding her. He said, “Normally, I am not a superstitious man, but I walk around these days hoping nothing happens to her. When I see Wayne Lukas walking towards me, my instinct is to turn away. I am afraid he is going to tell me something has gone wrong. I never want to hear that she has turned a hair.”

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