 Myers trained and placed the horse brilliantly throughout the Derby campaign, having the horse at his absolute peak on Derby day after raising some eyebrows with a route that was unconventional to say the least.As the horse passed the finish line in the Derby, the astute trainer was vindicated as commentator George Simon labelled him a "deadset genius".C'est La Guerre had his first start at Woodville on 22 October, winning a maiden three-year-old event over 1400m comfortably.