Over the same course and distance in July he recorded his first success in a similar event, beating Bounty Hawk by a head despite veering to the left in the closing stages.

[5] On 29 September Creag-An-Sgor was moved up to Group One level for the Middle Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse and started the 50/1 outsider in a nine-runner field.

Ridden by Steve Cauthen, Creag-An-Sgor took the lead soon after the start and set the pace from Superlative and Godstone before accelerating in the last quarter mile.

[10] On his first appearance as a three-year-old Creag-An-Sgor contested the Greenham Stakes (a major trial race for the 2000 Guineas) over seven furlongs at Newbury Racecourse in April.

In an exceptionally strong renewal of the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket he was among the early leaders before fading to finish seventh of the nine runners behind El Gran Senor, Chief Singer, Lear Fan, Rainbow Quest, Keen and Bountiful.

He finished third behind Chief Singer and Rousillon but was promoted to second after the racecourse stewards found Greville Starkey guilty of "reckless riding" on the runner-up.

On his only subsequent start Creag-An-Sgor failed to reproduce his bet form when finishing sixth in the Hungerford Stakes over seven furlongs at Newbury in August.

[11] In the official International Classification for 1983 Creag-An-Sgor was rated the sixth-best two-year-old in Europe behind El Gran Senor, Rainbow Quest, Lear Fan, Long Mick and Siberian Express.