on his first appearance for his new connections, alkaased finished second by a head to wunderwood in a race over one and a half miles at newmarket on 5 june. four weeks later, the colt carried 127 pounds and started at odds of 7/1 for the old newton cup, a one and a half mile handicap at haydock park racecourse. ridden by jimmy fortune, he took the lead a quarter of a mile from the finish and drew clear of his rivals to win by four lengths. on 30 july, alkaased was moved up in class to contest the listed glorious stakes at goodwood racecourse and was made the 11/4 favourite against eight opponents. he took the lead approaching the final furlong and ran on strongly to win by a neck from the stoute-trained first charter. alkaased was moved up to group race class for the first time when he contested the september stakes at kempton park racecourse. he started the 6/4 favourite, but was beaten half a length by the dual group one winner mamool, with bandari in third place.