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.
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Courtesy Carrot Club
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Based with the Ogasa Stable at Miho Training Centre, this beautiful filly (sporting a shiny coat in my favourite colour for a horse) was restricted to treadmill work for a while after a minor leg problem surfaced in September. However, 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.
After a precautionary rest, Lourdes No Hitomi was soon back to her constant (May through August) furlong times again, and as predicted, it's a joy to watch her on the track. So far, she's been restricted to dirt races at Tokyo and Nakayama, finishing seventh on both occasions. As such, her record is 0-0-0-2, but it's sure to improve...
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