At about the same time Lawrence had won a raffle prize of a horse transport voucher so the mare was delivered to her for free.
"She ended up being a real gift horse," Lawrence said, adding that she and husband Steve then came up with the race name. Lawrence gave Do Ya a long slow build up before she decided to try the horse on the racetrack.
Do Ya finished seventh on debut over 1000m at Trentham on April 8 and followed that up with a fourth over 1400m at Woodville three weeks later. She then showed a glimpse of her ability with a fast finishing second over 1400m at Hastings on May 11.
When she won at Trentham she beat a field containing six race winners, but that did not come as a surprise to her trainer.
"She had shown ability by winning a jump out at Waipukurau even before her first start. Her win wasn't a surprise, it was just a very strong field when she won," said Lawrence referring to the healthy dividend.
Lawrence said Do Ya had had a run since the win, but got trapped wide after jumping well.
"I expect a better run when we return to a better track at Hastings," said Lawrence referring to to this Saturday when Do Ya lines up in a rating 65,1400m race at Hawke's Bay Racing Centre in Hastings.
"Should she go well next start I will likely put her aside then have a crack during the Spring Carnival at Hastings," said Lawrence, probably best known as the trainer and part-owner of Intransigent, a horse that won 11 races including the 2014 Hawke's Bay Cup.
He also had three consecutive victories in the Kiwifruit Cup (2100m) at Tauranga.
Lawrence said just as she came to own and train Intransigent, she had bought a paddock mate for Do Ya, called Choux Fly, also based on looks.
By Jimmy Choux out of Shakira, a half-sister to Risible, Lawrence said Choux Fly was very much in the mould of Intransigent.
Kirsty and husband Steve race Do Ya in partnership with Steve's Australian-based son, Chris, Gisborne's Dinah Newman and her Rotorua-based sister Christina and Susan Best, who works in the Lawrence stables.