[3] She was from the first crop of foals sired by Ballymore who won the 1972 running of the Irish 2000 Guineas on his racecourse debut and defeated Roberto at level weights in the Nijinsky Stakes.
She was a granddaughter of the British broodmare Damians (foaled 1942), whose other descendants have included Oasis Dream, Wemyss Bight, Four-and-Twenty, Weavers' Hall, Zenda and Beat Hollow.
Despite her lack of experience she was made the 2/1 joint favourite alongside Cistus, the only British-trained challenger who had won the Waterford Candelabra Stakes and finished second in the Critérium des Pouliches in the previous year.
[2] Shortly after her win at the Curragh the filly contracted a viral infection and missed an intended run in The Oaks reappearing in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot later in June.
At York Racecourse in August she was moved up in distance to contest the seventh running of the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup over ten and a half furlongs and finished fifth behind Hawaiian Sound.
On her final start of the year she was made 5/2 third favourite for the Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse on 23 September but ran poorly and finished sixth of the seven runners behind Inkerman.
She recorded her first win in the United States in an allowance at Hollywood Park two weeks later and followed up with a victory in the Palomar Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack on 11 August, beating Giggling Girl and Wishing Well.