[6] Candy later sold shares in the filly to some of his patrons including Sir Arthur Norman but retained a significant portion of her ownership and took her into training at his Kingston Warren stable in Oxfordshire.
[7] In a training gallop in August, the two-year-old was tried against the stable's star sprinter Kyllachy, a four-year-old colt, and produced what Candy later described as "sensational" performance, whilst Chris Rutter, who partnered the filly in all her races that year reportedly commented "Oh my god!".
[8] Airwave was then matched against male opposition as she was one of twenty-one juveniles to contest the St Leger Yearling Stakes (restricted to horses auctioned at the eponymous sale) at Doncaster Racecourse on 11 September.
Ten days after her defeat at Doncaster Airwave was sent to Scotland for the Listed Firth of Clyde Stakes at Ayr Racecourse and started the 2/1 favourite in a ten-runner field.
Russian Rhythm went to the front a quarter of a mile from the finish, but Airwave overtook her to gain the lead approaching the final furlong and stayed on to win by one and a half lengths.
On her seasonal debut she was matched against colts and older, more experienced horses in the Group Two Temple Stakes over five furlongs at Sandown Park Racecourse on 26 May and started 5/2 joint-favourite with the four-year-old Acclamation.
She began to make rapid headway in the last quarter mile, took the lead inside the final furlong and drew away to win by three lengths from the ten-year-old gelding Repertory.
Kieren Fallon took the ride three weeks later when the filly contested the July Cup at Newmarket and finished third of the sixteen runners behind Oasis Dream and Choisir.
She started favourite for the Diadem Stakes at Ascot but failed to recover from interference in the last quarter mile and finished sixth to Acclamation.
She was again made favourite when sent to France for the Prix de l'Abbaye at Longchamp Racecourse on 5 October, but again had trouble obtaining a clear run and finished unplaced behind Patavellian.
Ridden by Darryll Holland she started at odds of 4/6 in a ten-runner field, took the lead a furlong out, and won by one and a quarter lengths from Forever Phoenix.
[17] Competing at the highest level again, Airwave was well-beaten in her next two races, finishing sixth behind Bahamian Pirate in the Nunthorpe Stakes and eleventh behind Tante Rose in the Haydock Sprint Cup.
Airwave was stepped up again in distance for Group Two Ridgewood Pearl Stakes over one mile at the Curragh on 21 May and started 11/8 joint favourite alongside the British-trained four-year-old Kinnaird.
[20] In June she returned to Britain for the Royal meeting, run that year at York Racecourse, in which she finished sixth behind Peeress in the Windsor Forest Stakes.