 He then won the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom, the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket on 17 July and the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster in September, ridden on each occasion by the American Danny Maher.By the end of summer he was being described as the best two-year-old of the season.At Newmarket on October he suffered his first defeat when beaten as the even money favourite for the Middle Park Stakes.