Anabaa Blue is a bay horse with no white markings bred in the United Kingdom by the French breeders Haras d'Etreham.
[2] Anabaa Blue was the second foal of his dam Allez Les Trois, who won three races including the Prix de Flore.
Allez Les Trois was a half-sister to the 2000 Guineas winner King's Best, Urban Sea, a mare who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and produced both Galileo and Sea the Stars, Turbaine by Trempolino dam of Tertullian by Miswaki and Anzille by Plugged Nickle dam of Anzillero by Law Society.
[5] Anabaa Blue began his second season in the Prix Aqua Tinte II over 2000 metres on heavy ground at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse on 2 March.
On 3 June, Anabaa Blue started at odds of 8.6/1 in a field of fourteen colts for 164th running of the Prix du Jockey Club over 2400 metres at Chantilly.
[11] Anabaa Blue was sent to England to contest Britain's most prestigious weight-for-age race, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes over one and a half miles at Ascot Racecourse on 28 July.
Anabaa Blue raced just behind the leaders before moving forward in the straight where Soumillon briefly struggled to obtain a clear run.
He took the lead 150 metres from the finish and won by one and a half lengths from St Expedit and Ange Gabriel, who dead-heated for second place.
[13] Ange Gabriel's jockey Thierry Jarnet lodged an objection, but the racecourse stewards confirmed the result after an inquiry.
I put a cross noseband on him and he relaxed much more during the race... he just loves Chantilly" whilst Soumillon commented "The horse is back to his form of last year and I still had something in the tank.
[14] In the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud three weeks later he started second favourite but never looked likely to win and finished fifth of the six runners behind Ange Gabriel.
Starting at odds of 5.9/1 he had trouble getting a clear run in the closing stages but finished strongly to take second place, a length behind Aquarelliste and a short head in front of the Italian colt Falbrav.