Ylang Ylang is out of Shambolic (Shamardal) and is her first foal. Her dam won twice, was placed in the Listed Pretty Polly S., the Listed Height of Fashion S. and the Listed Chalice S., and finished fourth in the Gr.1 Fillies' Mile in 2018.

Second dam Comic (Be My Chief), a dual winner, is the dam of nine winners. They include Viva Pataca (Marju), a half-brother to Shambolic who won the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup twice and was a multiple champion in Hong Kong, having raced as Comic Strip in the UK, and Laughing (Dansili), winner of the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational and the Grade 1 Diana S. in the US.

Third dam Circus Act (Shirley Heights) did not race and has five winners, among them the sire Brave Act (Persian Bold), a multiple graded stakes winner whose wins include a Grade 2 race in the US, and the Listed winner Jellaby Askhir (Salse).

Shambolic is also related to the dam of Twitch (Azamour), a Listed winner placed in the Gr.3 Lillie Langtry S. The family further includes Mottisfont (Adaay), third in the Gr.3 Sweet Solera S., while the fourth dam Circus Ring (High Top) was a champion two-year-old filly.

Shambolic has a yearling colt by Kingman and a filly foal by Siyouni.