vorda began her racing career in the prix caravelle over 1000 metres at chantilly racecourse on 29 april. ridden by francois-xavier bertras, she started a 13.6/1 outsider and won by one and a half lengths from aventure love and six others. a majority share in the filly was then sold to gerard augustin-normand. gregory benoist took over the ride when the filly was moved up in class and started 1.6/1 favourite for the listed prix la fleche over the same distance at maisons-laffitte racecourse on 11 june. after being restrained towards the rear of the seven-runner field she quickened to take the lead in the last 200 metres and won "comfortably" by one and three quarter lengths from the colt muharaaj. on 21 july at the same track, the filly was stepped up in class and distance for the group two prix robert papin over 1100 metres. she was made the 3/1 favourite ahead of the prix du bois winner vedeux, whilst the other contenders included the british challengers extortionist (windsor castle stakes) and ambiance (dragon stakes). benoist settled the favourite behind the leaders as the italian-trained filly omaticaya set the pace, before moving forward 300 metres from the finish. vorda took the lead in the closing stages and drew ahead to win by one and a half lengths and a short neck from omaticaya and vedeux. after the race sogorb commented "she has just improved with every run and she does everything so easily".