Margot Did

Margot Did began her racing career with two length win in a six furlong maiden race on 22 May and followed up with a win in a minor race at Yarmouth Racecourse twelve days later.[7] The filly was then moved up in class for the Group Three Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot on 18 June. Starting at odds of 7/1 in a 22-runner field she took the lead approaching the final furlong but was caught in the final strides and beaten a head by the Richard Hannon, Sr-trained Memory. In July, she started 2/1 favourite for the Princess Margaret Stakes over the same course and distance. As in the Albany, she took the lead a furlong out before being headed in the closing stages, this time being beaten half a length by Soraaya. In August, Margot Did started second favourite behind the Queen Mary Stakes winner Maqaasid in the Lowther Stakes at York Racecourse. She was restrained by Turner in the early stages she struggled to obtain a clear run in the last quarter mile before finishing strongly to take second place, three-quarters of a lengths behind Hooray.[8] The filly was then dropped in class for the Listed Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes at Salisbury Racecourse on 2 September. She started 11/10 favourite, but in a three-way photo-finish she was beaten a nose and a neck by Brevity and Rimth. On her final appearance, Margot Did was stepped up to Group One Class for the Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse and finished fifth of the eleven runners behind Hooray, Rimth, Maqaasid and Ragsah.

Margot Did began her three-year-old debut in the Listed Pavilion Stakes at Ascot on 27 April, starting favourite but finishing third behind Perfect Tribute and Aneedah. Having raced over six furlongs in all of her starts up to that point, the filly was dropped in distance for a minor stakes race at York on 12 May. She finished fourth to Night Carnation but looked most unlucky as her saddle slipped during the race after she was hampered in the early stages. On 11 June the filly started second favourite behind Night Carnation in the Listed Scurry Stakes over the same distance at Sandown Park Racecourse. Turner tracked the leader Button Moon before going to the front two furlongs from the finish. She accelerated away from her rivals in the closing stages and won by five lengths from the colt Dinkum Diamond, with Night Carnation in fourth.[9] After the filly's win Bell said "Margot Did finally did! She fully deserved that, as she is proving to be the unluckiest filly in training. Long-term now we have got to think about the Nunthorpe as we know she runs well at York."

A week after her win at Sandown, the filly was sent to Scotland for the Land O'Burns Fillies' Stakes at Ayr Racecourse and started the odds-on favourite against six opponents. In order to partner the filly, Turner gave up the chance to ride Deacon Blues at Royal Ascot, missing out on a win in the Wokingham Stakes.[10] She raced alongside the leader Favourite Girl before taking the lead a furlong out and held off the challenge of the Irish four-year-old Celerina to win by a neck.[11] Margot Did met Night Carnation again in the Coral Charge at Sandown on 2 July and finished fourth behind her rival after fading in the closing stages.

On 19 August Margot Did started a 20/1 outsider for the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes over five furlongs at York. The Stewards' Cup winner Hoof It started favourite ahead of Bated Breath (runner-up in the July Cup) and the Irish two-year-old Requinto (Molecomb Stakes) whilst the other runners included Masamah (King George Stakes), Prohibit (King's Stand Stakes), Wizz Kid (Prix du Gros Chêne), Inxile (Prix de Saint Georges), Kingsgate Native (winner of the race in 2007) and Swiss Diva (Prix du Petit Couvert). The field split into two groups with Margot Did tracking the leader Hamish McGonagall on the stands side (the right side of the course from the jockeys' viewpoint) whilst Masamah headed the group on the far side. Turner sent the filly into the lead a furlong out and Margot Did ran on well in the closing stages to win by three-quarters of a length from Hamish McGonagall with Prohibit taking third ahead of Kingsgate Native, Wizz Kid and Hoof It.[12] It was a second Group One win for Turner after riding Dream Ahead to success in the July Cup. The only other female jockey to have won at the highest level in Britain was Alex Greaves who partnered Ya Malak to a dead heat in the 1997 Nunthorpe.[13] After the race Turner said "I need to thank the owners for persisting with me... It just goes to show, if you work hard and are dedicated, it can be done. This filly has always been special to me, but I've only really just figured how to get the best out of her. She loves plenty of daylight. She has one gear for the end and you have to save it for as long as you can".[14] Bell commented This has been the plan since she won at Sandown and she is a really tough filly... we found the key to riding her at Sandown when we found that she is happy bowling along and today from a long way out she was one of the few on the bridle. I thought it was going to be tough for a three-year-old filly but she delivered".[15]

Turner sustained a broken ankle in a fall at Bath Racecourse on 31 August[16] and Jamie Spencer took over when Margot Did ended her season in the Prix de l'Abbaye over 1000 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 2 October. She was among the early leaders before weakening in the last 400 metres and finished last of the fifteen runners behind Tangerine Trees.

Margot Did remained in training as a four-year-old but failed to reproduce anything like her best form. She began her season in Dubai where she finished eighth in the Meydan Sprint and tenth behind Ortensia in the Al Quoz Sprint. On her return to Europe her form deteriorated as she finished last of sixteen to Mayson in the Palace House Stakes, twenty-first behind Little Bridge in the King's Stand Stakes and tenth of eleven when dropped to Group Three class for the Summer Stakes at York.[17]

Shortly afterwards she was sold to an associate of the Coolmore Stud and did not race again. Bell paid tribute to the filly saying "she's given us two wonderful years and a lot of fun. She was unlucky not to win a stakes race at two but we changed tactics with her last year, and that turned her from a bridesmaid into a bride. She was a real pocket rocket and it's great that she's going to such a good place".[6]