 Sceptre's four-year-old season began with Sievier making another attempt to win the Lincoln to raise money.She carried 9 stone 1 pound this time and was beaten into fifth place.Sievier then sold her for £25,000 to Sir William Bass, who sent her to Manton to be trained by Alec Taylor, Jr.. She won the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot before losing by a neck to Ard Patrick in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park with the 1903 Derby winner Rock Sand behind her in third.