[2] Her dam Dash To The Top was placed in both the Yorkshire Oaks and the Prix Vermeille[3] and came from a female-line family which had been based at Meon Valley for several generations,[4] being a granddaughter of Milligram who was in turn a daughter of One In A Million.

[6] Just over a month after her debut, Anapurna began her three-year-old campaign in a maiden race over ten furlongs on Lingfield Park's Polytrack surface in which she was ridden by Kieran O'Neill.

Anapurna took the lead on the inside approaching the last quarter mile and after being headed by Pink Dogwood she rallied strongly in the final furlong to regain the advantage and win by a neck.

Ridden by Oisin Murphy she raced close behind the leaders but failed to make any significant progress in the straight and came home seventh behind her stablemate Star Catcher, beaten just under six lengths by the winner.

Anapurna started the 3.4/1 second favourite behind the Park Hill Stakes winner Enbihaar while the other fancied contenders were Musis Amica (runner-up in the Vermeille), Lah Ti Dar (second in the St Leger) and Mutamakina (second in the Prix Niel).

Anapurna led from the start and set a steady pace before staying on well in the straight to win by one and a quarter lengths from the Irish filly Delphinia with Enbihaar a short head away in third place.