In the following year he was beaten in his first two starts before defeating a strong field including Royal Applause and Bahamian Bounty to win the July Cup.
[5] Indian Ridge was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line,[6] unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian.
[10] Compton Place entered the ownership of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and was sent into training with James Toller in Newmarket, Suffolk.
[11] Three weeks after his win at Salisbury, Compton Place was moved up in class for the Group Two Gimcrack Stakes at York Racecourse.
Starting a 12/1 outsider in a nine-runner field he led for most of the way before being overtaken in the closing stages and beaten half a length by Abou Zouz.
At Doncaster Racecourse in September, Compton Place started 9/4 favourite for the Group To Flying Childers Stakes over five furlongs.
Three weeks later, the colt was sent to Royal Ascot to contest the King's Stand Stakes over five furlongs on good to soft ground.
After leading in the early stages he faded badly in the final furlong and finished twelfth of the eighteen runners behind the French-trained outsider Don't Worry Me.
On his only other run he attempted to repeat his 1997 success in the July Cup as the Duke of Devonshire was determined to show that his upset win was not a "fluke",[14] but he finished unplaced behind Elnadim.