[3] Dr Fong's dam Spring Flight won eight times when racing in the United States between 1989 and 1992, recording her best win in the Senorita Stakes.
Starting at odds of 8/1 in a seventeen-runner field he took the lead inside the final furlong and won by half a length from the favourite Distant Mirage.
Starting the 11/4 favourite against five opponents he pulled hard against Fallon's attempts to restrain him but maintained his unbeaten record, taking the lead a furlong out and winning by half a length from the Barry Hills-trained Sensory.
[10] Twelve days later he ran in one of the most important Derby trials, the Group Two Dante Stakes at York Racecourse and started 3/1 second favourite behind Border Arrow who had finished third in the 2000 Guineas.
Dr Fong was brought back in distance for the 153rd running of the St James's Palace Stakes over one mile at Royal Ascot on 16 June.
The 2/1 favourite was the Peter Chapple-Hyam trained Victory Note who had won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains on his last start with Dr Fong next in the betting on 4/1 alongside the Irish 2000 Guineas winner Desert Prince.
He caught Desert Prince in the final strides and won by a neck, with a gap of three and a half lengths back to Duck Row in third place.
[14] On his final European start, Dr Fong faced Desert Prince again in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over one mile at Ascot on 26 September.
Returning to turf, he started favourite for the Grade III Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in August but ran poorly and finished eighth of the eleven runners.
[17] In the International Classification, published in January 1999, Dr Fong was rated the best British three-year-old colt of 1998, and the second best of his age and sex in Europe one pound behind Desert Prince.