on 18 august at deauville racecourse vorda was moved up in class and distance again for the group one prix morny over 1200 metres and started favourite ahead of the american-trained no nay never and the british filly rizeena. after being held up as usual by benoist she kept on well in the last 300 metres without ever looking likely to win and finished second, a length behind no nay never. following the race, the filly was bought by the qatari sheikh mohammed bin khalifa al thani. on her next appearance, vorda returned to all-female competition and was sent to england for the group one cheveley park stakes over six furlongs at newmarket racecourse on 28 september. ridden by olivier peslier she started the 11/8 favourite ahead of the albany stakes winner kiyoshi, whilst the other five runners included joyeuse (dick poole fillies' stakes, come to heel (curragh stakes) and princess noor (princess margaret stakes). peslier tracked the leaders before making a forward move approaching the final furlong. she overtook princess noor in the closing stages and won by three quarters of a length with kiyoshi and come to heel in third and fourth. interviewed after the race, sogorb said "from the very beginning i knew i had a good filly... she stood out from the rest, she was better than average but i didn't imagine i had a group 1 winner". the former jockey added "i regret not being able to ride her myself".