[2] Her sire Deerhound never contested a Graded stakes race but had an excellent pedigree, being a son of Danzig out of the broodmare Lassie Dear, whose other descendants have included A.P.
Ridden by Shane Sellers she drew clear of her opponents in the straight but was caught in the closing stages and was beaten half a length by Love Lock.
As in her previous race, she led from the start and drew away in the closing stages to win by two and three quarter lengths from Lily of Gold with the favored Beautiful Pleasure in third.
[9] On November 11 Countess Diana started the 2/1 favorite for the fourteenth edition of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, which took place that year at Hollywood Park Racetrack.
Despite her defeat, Countess Diana started favorite for the Grade I Acorn Stakes over one mile at the same course on June 7, but after showing some early speed she tired and finished fifth of the ten runners, eleven and a half length behind the winner Jersey Girl.
[11] She proved no match for Jersey Girl when the fillies met again in the Mother Goose Stakes three weeks later, finishing four and a half lengths behind the winner in fourth.
After a break of eleven months, during which she was moved to the stable of Mary J Lomeiher, Countess Diana returned to the track and recorded her first success since the 1997 Breeders' Cup winning an allowance race over six and a half furlongs at Saratoga, leading from the start and beating Memory Call by five and three quarter lengths.
When moved back up to Grade I class for the Ballerina Handicap at the same course three weeks later she started second favorite and showed some early speed but tired and finished ninth of the ten runners behind Furlough.