[2] The colt entered the ownership of Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum the Crown Prince of Dubai, and was taken into training by Johnston at Middleham Moor in North Yorkshire.

Two weeks later he contested a less competitive maiden over the same distance at Thirsk Racecourse and recorded his first success as he stayed on in the closing stages to win by half a length at odds of 18/1.

[7] In a handicap at Ascot Racecourse a week later he finished second to the four-year-old Keys after repeatedly veering to the left and swishing his tail in the closing stages.

Ridden by Silvestre de Sousa, who had partnered the colt in his win at Haydock, he took the lead three furlongs out and won "readily" by two and three quarter lengths from Fire Fighter.

[8] Five days after his Pontefract win, Colour Vision carried a weight of 127 pounds in the Cesarewitch, one of Britain's biggest staying handicaps, over two and a quarter miles at Newmarket and finished third of the thirty-three runners behind Never Can Tell.

Colour Vision was back on the track a week later and moved up to Group Three class for the British Champions Long Distance Cup over two miles at Ascot.

With de Sousa in the saddle he was restrained in the early stages before producing a strong late run on the outside to take third place behind Fame and Glory and the favourite Opinion Poll.

[12] In the Ascot Gold Cup on 21 June Dettori opted to ride Colour Vision in preference to Godolphin's other runner Opinion Poll who was trained by Mahmood Al Zarooni and ridden by Mickael Barzalona.

[14] Fame and Glory started 4/5 favourite to repeat his 2011 win in the race with the next three in the betting being the Doncaster Cup winner Saddler's Rock (9/2), Opinion Poll (5/1) and Colour Vision (6/1).

After racing prominently he took second place behind Saddler's Rock in the straight but could make no further progress and lost the runner-up spot in the final strides to Askar Tau.

In the Prix du Cadran over 4000 metres on heavy ground at Longchamp Racecourse on 7 October he finished third behind Molly Malone and Hi Jinx with Saddler's Rock in fourth place.

Two weeks later he ran for the second time in the British Champions Long Distance Cup but after racing in third place he dropped from contention and finished tailed-off last of the nine runners.

After finishing seventh behind the French filly Gloomy Sunday in the Henry II Stakes at Sandown Park Racecourse on 30 May he attempted to repeat his 2012 success in the Ascot Gold Cup.