Place Du Carrousel is the first of four foals out of Traffic Jam (Duke Of Marmalade), a Group winner in France who took the Gr.2 Prix du Conseil de Paris and was placed several times at black-type level, including second in the Gr.2 Prix de Pomone.

Second dam Place De l'Etoile (Sadler's Wells) won twice and bred four winners. Traffic Jam is her best runner, and she is also the second dam of Last Sight (Showcasing), placed at Group 3 level.

Third dam Sweet Emotion (Bering) was Listed-placed and is the dam of Winged Cupid (In the Wings), winner of the Listed Midsummer Stakes and second in the Gr.1 Racing Post Trophy.

Fourth dam Hiwaayati (Shadeed) is a half-sister to Lead On Time (Nureyev), winner of the Prix Maurice de Gheest, then a Group 2, and to Great Commotion (Nureyev), a Group winner who was second in the Gr.1 Irish 2000 Guineas and the Gr.1 July Cup. Her daughter Hoity Toity (Darshaan) is the dam of Lillie Langtry (Danehill Dancer), winner of the Gr.1 Coronation Stakes, the Gr.1 Matron Stakes and the Gr.2 Debutante Stakes, and the dam in turn of three Classic winners, Minding, Empress Josephine and Tuesday (Galileo), whose wins include the Gr.1 Oaks.

Traffic Jam has an unraced 2-year-old filly, Nariman Point (Dubawi), a yearling filly by Kingman and a weanling filly by Sea The Stars.