Her sire Top Ville was an Irish-bred, French-trained horse who won the Prix du Jockey Club in 1979. At stud his other progeny included Toulon, Saint Estephe, Pistolet Bleu (Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud), Darara and Shardari. Princess Pati's dam Sarah Siddons was a top-class performer who won the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Yorkshire Oaks for the Mullions in 1976 before becoming a successful broodmare: she also produced the Great Voltigeur Stakes winner Seymour Hicks and was the female-line ancestor of numerous winners including Excelebration and the Prix Vermeille winner Leggera. Sarah Siddons was the first of only three foals produced by Mariel, a high-class mare who won the Pretty Polly Stakes, and was placed in the Irish 1000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks. Mariel's dam Ela Marita won the Fred Darling Stakes and the Musidora Stakes and was a half-sister to Ragusa.
