THE RACEHORSES #3: LOURDES NO HITOMI

Lourdes No Hitomi shares the same Symboli Kris S sire line as Harmony Fair, so no doubts on racing potential from that angle. The dam is a young horse called Mejiro Lourdes, who was never raced, but seems to pass on at least a little bit of the Sunday Silence blood of her father and the Mejiro Dober DNA of her mother if the performance of her other foals can be used as a reliable reference. Of course, the family tree makes Lourdes No Hitomi a Hail To Reason cross (4Sx4D), and if this plus point (at least in my eyes) and the win rate of the horses two generations back combines to give a magic formula, things should get interesting.

Courtesy Carrot Club

Based with the Ogasa Stable at Miho Training Centre, this beautiful filly (sporting a shiny coat in my favourite colour for a horse) has been restricted to treadmill work recently after a minor leg problem surfaced in September. The vets have confirmed there are no injuries, though, she's just a little tired. One quickly learns with so many condition reports coming in and experience with the horses at Tokoro that Thoroughbreds are fickle things, like any high-performance machine. 

Anyway, after a precautionary rest, Lourdes No Hitomi should be back to her constant (May through August) 15-second furlong times again really soon, and it will be a joy to watch her on the track, of that I'm sure...