La Quemada (JPN)

First foal; dam 6f winner, half-sister to Listed-placed 1m winner Elation and Irish 7f winner Fastidious; promising third of fourteen in 1m newcomer race at Chukyo in September 2022; followed that 75 days later with another solid effort, this time at Hanshin; shaped okay on 2023 return at same track up to 1m1f and built on that by finishing close third of sixteen in 1m maiden at Chukyo in March; third again at Hanshin (9f) in April (stayed on well late); off the mark later that month (by easy 5l) in 1m maiden at Kyoto; followed up in similar fashion over same C&D in May; ran creditably on next three starts, finishing 445 before winning 9f Tokyo allowance race at Tokyo in November; last of sixteen in better race at Kyoto (1m) when next seen in January 2024; midfield finish over 1m1f at Hanshin in March but good third at Nakayama (1m) later that same month; built on that by winning 1m Tokyo allowance race in May but unable to land a blow in a Grade 3 in June and also held on two further starts towards the end of the year.