She showed promise as a juvenile when she won the Prince of Wales Plate at York and finished third in the Cheveley Park Stakes.

Her dam Bobbina was a great-granddaughter of Footlight, who is regarded as the foundation mare of Thoroughbred family 1-m.[3] Bettina raced five times as a two-year-old in 1920.

[5][6] On her final start of the year Bettina contested the Cheveley Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse and finished third behind Romana and Queen Wasp.

Bettina has beaten on her three-year-old debut[7] and then started a 33/1 outsider in a 24-runner field for the 108th running of the 1000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile on 29 April.

Owing to a strike by coal miners, the race was run on the same day as the 2000 Guineas, leading to serious traffic problems in the Newmarket area.