Daliapour

[6] The colt initially raced in the green and red colours of the Aga Khan and was sent into training with Luca Cumani at the Bedford House Stables in Newmarket.

[7] Gerald Mosse took over as Daliapour's jockey for his second season, which began with the Blue Riband Trial Stakes at Epsom Racecourse over ten furlongs on 21 April.

After tracking the leader Entertainer, he took the lead early in the straight but was overtaken a furlong out and beaten one and a quarter lengths by Lucido with Royal Rebel and Fantastic Light finishing third and fourth.

He was quickly challenged and overtaken by Oath and was beaten one and three quarter lengths into second, with the unplaced horses including Compton Admiral, Dubai Millennium and Val Royal.

The Racing Post's Tony Morris described him as "An admirable racehorse, restored to fitness and form, who may well attain Group 1 glory this season".

With Fallon again in the saddle he led from the start, established a clear advantage three furlongs out and held off the late challenge of Fantastic Light to win by three quarters of a length.

[13] In July he made his second appearance in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and improved on his 1999 effort as he finished third behind Montjeu and Fantastic Light.

[14] Ridden by Johnny Murtagh he started the 13/10 favourite ahead of his fellow British challenger Ela Athena (fourth in the Japan Cup), whilst the locally trained horses were headed by Indigenous, Idol and Helene Vitality.

The horse suffered from recurrent lameness[16] and failed to win whilst based in Hong Kong: he finished unplaced behind Fairy King Prawn in 1000 metre sprint, fifth to Idol in the Hong Kong Gold Cup, seventh to Stay Gold when sent to the United Arab Emirates for the Dubai Sheema Classic and sixth to Silvano in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup.

In an interview with the South China Morning Post he explained "I've said to Robert that he would be better off sending him to England to Sir Michael Stoute, who knows the horse well.

[18] He was back at Sha Tin in December to defend the Hong Kong Vase but finished sixth of the fourteen runners behind Stay Gold.

Ridden by Mick Kinane he raced in second place being Murghem before taking the lead a furlong and a half from the finish and won "comfortably" by two lengths from the favoured Boreas, recording his first victory for eighteen months.

After leading in the early stages he remained among the leaders before dropping away in the last 600 metres and finishing sixteenth of the twenty-three runners behind Media Puzzle.