 At three he developed into a useful stayer.After winning a race at the Phoenix Park Racecourse he was sent to England where he finished fourth in the Lingfield Derby Trial.A month later he finished fourth in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot before returning to England for the third time where he produced his best performance of the year when winning the Oxfordshire Stakes at Newbury Racecourse, beating the St Leger Stakes runner-up Canterbury and the leading filly Park Top.