Caravaggio is a grey horse standing 15.3½ hands high[2] bred in Kentucky by Windmill Manor Farms & Petaluma Bloodstock.

[5] She was descendant of the French broodmare Never Again (foaled 1934) who was the female-line ancestor of numerous major winners including Olwyn, Al Bahathri and Haafhd.

Ridden by Seamie Heffernan and starting at odds of 1/3 he took the lead approaching the final furlong and held on "comfortably" by one and three quarter lengths from his stablemate Lundy.

[7] On 21 May the colt was switched to the turf and stepped up in class and distance for the Listed Marble Hill Stakes over six furlongs at the Curragh Racecourse.

With Heffernan in the saddle he went to the front a furlong and a half from the finish and quickly went clear to win "easily" by four lengths from his stablemate Courage Under Fire.

After racing towards the rear of the field in the early stages he took the lead in the final furlong and drew away to win easily by four and three quarter lengths from Psychedelic Funk.

Caravaggio raced in mid-division as Harry Angel set the pace but was then switched to the right to make his challenge a quarter of a mile from the finish.

[18] Three weeks after his win at Ascot, Caravaggio attempted to take his unbeaten run to seven when he was matched against older horses for the first time in the July Cup at Newmarket Racecourse.

He was restrained by Moore in the early stages before making progress in the last quarter mile but was unable to reach the leaders and finished fourth behind Harry Angel, Limato and Brando.

On September 10 Caravaggio was dropped back to Group 2 class for the Flying Five at the Curragh in which he faced ten opponents headed by Caspian Prince (Sapphire Stakes) and Cotai Glory (World Trophy).

In the official classification of European juveniles Caravaggio was given a rating of 116 making him the fifth-best colt behind Churchill, National Defense, Thunder Snow and Lancaster Bomber.