Ridden by Juan Leyva, she was trained by Bill Kaplan, co-owner with the Pinnacle Racing Stable headed by managing partner Adam Lazarus.
Bred in Florida by the O'Farrell family's Ocala Stud, Musical Romance was sired by Concorde’s Tune and out of the mare Candlelightdinner, by Slew Gin Fizz.
In her next start at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, she ran second in the 6 furlong Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes to Holiday for Kitten owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey.
At this point, Musical Romance had earned close to $700,000 for her owners who made the decision to pay a $130,000 supplemental fee to enter her in the million dollar Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint to be run November 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
[4] Riding in his first ever Breeders' Cup race, Musical Romance's regular jockey Juan Leyva immediately moved her to be on the rail by the time the horses reached the first turn.
She returned to defend her title in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, hosted in 2012 by California's Santa Anita Park.