Jolypha was a bay mare with a white star bred in Kentucky by Juddmonte Farms, the breeding arm of the Saudi Prince Khalid Abdullah's racing organisation.
Jolypha did not race as a two-year-old, making her debut in the Prix Dorina over 1600 metres at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on 25 April 1992 and winning by a length from La Sarcelle.
[3] A month later she was moved up in class to contest the Group One Prix Saint Alary over 2000 metres at Longchamp Racecourse in which she was ridden for the first time by Pat Eddery, who partnered her in all her remaining races in 1992.
Jolypha entered the straight in sixth place and briefly struggled to obtain a clear run before producing a strong finish to overtake Cunning in the last strides to win by a head.
She was restrained towards the rear of the field before making some progress in the straight but never looked likely to win and finished eighth of the eighteen runners behind Subotica.
She won on her seasonal debut, taking an allowance race over eight and a half furlongs on turf at Hollywood Park Racetrack in May and then looked unlucky in running when finishing second to Flawlessly in the Grade I Beverly D. Stakes over the same track a month later.
The farm's manager Garrett O'Rourke said "She was really a beautiful mare, a real looker, but experienced hard luck with her foals.