Bred and owned by the Aga Khan and trained by John Oxx she was unraced as a two-year-old in 1996 but quickly established herself as a very promising filly in the following spring with an emphatic win on her racecourse debut followed by a narrow defeat in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial.
[6] The filly was again matched against male opposition when she was stepped up in class to contest the Group 3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown Racecourse on 11 May over the same distance .
The other nine runners included the French-trained Brilliance (winner of the Prix Saint-Alary), Strawberry Roan (runner-up in the Irish 1,000 Guineas) and Etoile (fifth in the Epsom Oaks).
[8] Following the race Johnny Murtagh commented "Ebadiyla loves to see a bit of daylight and once I got her in the clear on the inner two furlongs down she picked up well and went about her business".
"[11] Ebadiyla began her third campaign in the Tattersalls Gold Cup over ten furlongs at the Curragh on 24 May and ran poorly, finishing last of the five runners behind Daylami.
She produced a much better effort in the Coronation Cup at Epsom on 5 June when she finished third behind Silver Patriarch and Swain, beaten a length and a half by the winner.
On what proved to be her final start Ebadiyla was dropped in class for the Listed Ballycullen Stakes over fourteen furlongs at Leopardstown on 23 August.