[7] On 5 May Cherry Lass started the 5/4 favourite in a large, but apparently undistinguished field of nineteen, for the 1000 Guineas over Newmarket's Rowley mile course.

Ridden by George McCall, Cherry Lass was boxed in and struggled to obtain room for a challenge and then lost ground by swerving when an opening appeared.

[12] After Queen of the Earth made the early running, Jones sent Cherry Lass into the lead a mile from the finish[13] and the favourite won by three lengths.

[16] In July, Cherry Lass beat Queen of the Earth again in the Duchess of York Plate at Hurst Park[17] and won the Nassau Stakes over ten furlongs at Goodwood at odds of 1/9.

[15] In the build-up to the St Leger in autumn, Cherry Lass was regarded as one of the three leading contenders, alongside Cicero and the French colt Val d'Or, who had beaten the Derby winner in the Eclipse Stakes.

[18] When Cicero was withdrawn with a leg injury, and Val d'Or was prevented from crossing the English Channel from France by rough weather,[19] Cherry Lass was made 6/4 favourite for the final classic at Doncaster on 13 September.

Cherry Lass led the race in the straight but dropped back in the closing stages to finish third,[20] and ending her bid for the Fillies Triple Crown in British horse-racing.

[25] In March 1914[26] Cherry Lass was heavily pregnant to Royal Realm and was staying at the Tully Stud Farm alongside Mother Siegel, the dam of the Derby winner Minoru.

[27] Cherry Lass had produced four foals, the best of whom was a colt named Absolute, who won the Jubilee Handicap at Kempton Park before being exported to Italy.