Her sire City Zip, a half-brother to Ghostzapper, showed his best form as a two-year-old in 2000 when he won the Hopeful Stakes and dead-heated for first place in the Belmont Futurity.
[2] Her dam, M'Lady Doc was a descendant of the broodmare Friar's Carse, making her a distant relative of Sword Dancer, Hail To All and Rachel Alexandra.
[3] The filly was sent to the 2010 Fasig-Tipton New York-bred preferred sale, and bought for $50,000 by Niall Brennan a "pinhooker" who looks to make a profit by buying and selling young horses.
Starting at odds of 4.9/1 she took the lead in the straight but was overtaken inside the final furlong and finished second, beaten one and a quarter lengths by Northern Passion.
[7] Steve Laymon explained that the filly needed firm turf to show her best and had been unsuited by the soft conditions in the Breeders' Cup, whilst Castellano described her as "very impressive".
[9] The filly started favourite for the Grade I Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack on November 25 but stumbled after jumping a shadow early in the race and finished fifth behind Better Lucky.
On October 4 she ran for the second time in the First Lady Stakes at Keeneland and started at odds of 19/5 in a field which included Filimbi, Better Lucky, Discreet Marq, Somali Lemonade and Centre Court.
Ridden by John R. Velazquez she tracked the leaders before taking the lead a furlong and a half from the finish and won by one and a quarter lengths and a neck from Better Lucky and Filimbi.