Trained by James Fanshawe in Newmarket, he enjoyed a successful career, particularly as a four-year-old when he won five of his six starts which were all in either handicap or group company.
He then turned out at Leicester 19 days later and won his first ever race, the EBF Fosse Way Maiden Stakes, by 1 ¼ lengths, as the well supported 7/4 favourite.
Deacon Blues made his seasonal re-appearance in a big field handicap at Ascot in May, where he finished runner-up by a neck to Imperial Guest.
He then thrashed a small field by seven lengths in the Phoenix Sprint Stakes at the Curragh before returning to Newbury in September to land another Group 3, this time the Dubai International World Trophy over five furlongs.
Two weeks before a possible tilt at the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in June 2013, he suffered another tendon injury which led to connections retiring him at the age of six.