What we can say is that her breeding points in a promising direction. Her father, Cotai Glory, made his name as a fast, sharp sprinter and has become a reliable source of early-developing two-year-olds — the kind that are ready to run and ready to win sooner rather than later. Her mother comes from the Kodiac line, another stallion synonymous with speed and precocity. Put those two together and you have a horse built, on paper at least, for quick, short races — exactly the kind that suit a youngster stepping out for the first time.
The trainer, Patrick Magee, operates out of Shercock in County Cavan, and his yard has hit the ground running this season with 8 winners already on the board. That is not a huge operation making noise on the biggest stages, but it is a yard that clearly knows how to have a horse ready to perform. When a smaller stable sends a first-time runner to the track, it often means they have seen something at home worth being excited about — you do not use up a racecourse entry fee without good reason. Whether Shesthedevil justifies that faith today is the question, but she arrives with a pedigree that suits the occasion and a trainer who is in decent form.