As a two-year-old she showed some promise racing over short distances, finishing third in the Prix Robert Papin, before establishing herself as the best juvenile filly in Europe with an emphatic six-length win in the Critérium des Pouliches.
He became a very successful breeding stallion, whose other progeny included Halo, Roberto, Bold Reason, Proud Clarion, Hail To All, Personality, Stop The Music and Trillion.
[2] Hippodamia's dam White Lie was of little use as a racehorse but came from a good family: her grand-dam Your Hostess was the ancestor of many important winners including Caracolero, Majestic Prince, Secreto, Daiwa Major and Real Quiet.
The filly returned to France in September and was moved up in distance for the Prix des Chênes over 1600 metres at Longchamp Racecourse and finished second, four lengths behind the Aga Khan's colt Bayraan.
Pyers sent the filly into the lead early in the straight and Hippodamia drew away from her sixteen rivals to win by a record margin of six lengths from Comtesse de Loir, La Tulipe and Polygamy.
The filly was then employed as a pacemaker for her stable companion Dahlia in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup.
[5] In 1975, Hippodamia was campaigned in the United States where she won two minor races and finished second to Gull's Cry in the Grade III Columbiana Handicap at Hialeah Park.