[4] In the Prix Jacques de Vienne at Saint-Cloud Racecourse she started at odds of 4.8/1 and recorded another easy win, coming home three lengths clear of her opponents despite eased down in the closing stages.
[7] She made her first appearance at the Cheltenham Festival on 14 March when she started favourite for the Grade 2 Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle but ran poorly and came home ninth behind the Irish-trained Eglantine du Seuil.
Aidan Coleman took the ride when Epatante began her third campaign by carrying 160 pounds in the Listed Ladbrokes "Where The Nation Plays" Intermediate Hurdle at Newbury Racecourse on 30 November.
Starting the 3/1 favourite in an eleven-runner field she took the lead approaching the final flight of hurdles and drew away on the run-in to win by six lengths from her stablemate French Crusader.
Darver Star briefly gained the advantage approaching the final flight but the mare jumped past him at the last obstacle and stayed on well in the closing stages to win by three lengths from Sharjah.