Makarova is the best of three winners out of Vesnina (Sea The Stars), who won at two and was fourth in the Gr.3 Dick Poole S. Vesnina is also the dam of Nina Bailarina (Lope De Vega), a two-year-old winner who was second in the Gr.3 Prix Eclipse and Group-placed in France.

The second dam Safina (Pivotal) won once, was Listed-placed and produced seven winners, among them Vesnina and the Group 3 winners Marenko (Exceed And Excel), who took the Gr.3 Fred Darling Stakes, and Potapova (Invincible Spirit), who took the Gr.3 Atalanta Stakes.

Third dam Russian Rhythm (Kingmambo), a champion in Europe, won four Group 1 races: the Gr.1 1,000 Guineas, the Gr.1 Coronation Stakes, the Gr.1 Nassau Stakes and the Gr.1 Lockinge Stakes. She is a half-sister to Perfectperformance (Rahy), winner of the Gr.2 Royal Lodge Stakes and a sire, and is the second dam of the Group winners Potapova, Marenko, Zonderland (Dutch Art), Spangled (Starspangledbanner), Bashkirova (Pivotal) and Good Guess (Kodiac), the last named a winner of the Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat and a sire.

Nina Bailarina's first foal is the winner Fernando (Dark Angel).

Vesnina has the two-year-old filly Zharova (Kingman), who has run once, a yearling filly by Cracksman and a March-born filly foal by Night Of Thunder.