[1] Bred by Francis Kernan in Kentucky on Spendthrift Farm, the yearling Landaluce was chosen at auction for buyers Lloyd French and Barry Beal by Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
Beal and French named their new filly after a guide on a Spanish ranch they had once visited, Francisco Landaluce.
She debuted at Hollywood Park Racetrack on July 3, 1982, winning a six-furlong Maiden Special Weight in a time of 1:08 1/5.
She then went to Santa Anita Park for the October 11 running of the seven-furlong Grade II Anoakia Stakes, which she won by eight lengths.
[2] Landaluce steadily weakened from the blood clots formed by the severe bacterial invasion and died on November 28, 1982.