In the following year he showed little worthwhile form in his first three starts but then had his biggest success when taking the Group 1 Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes on his final racecourse appearance.
She was a daughter of Princessnesian and a granddaughter of Alanesian, making her a close relative of many good winners including Boldnesian, Asiatic Boy, Devil May Care, Cryptoclearance and Revidere.
He was then moved up in distance and assigned top weight for a handicap race over ten furlongs at the same track in which he finished second by a head to the filly Endeavorer.
Ridden by Pat Eddery he took the lead five furlongs from the finish, went clear of the field in the straight, and stayed on to win by one and a half lengths from Idle Waters who dead-heated for second with the four-year-old Town and Country.
[2] On 22 September Fordham, equipped with blinkers, was one of six horses to contest the fourth running of the Group 1 Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes over ten furlongs at Leopardstown.
Fordham went to the front soon after the start, opened up a clear lead on the final turn and kept on well in the straight to hold off the late run of Two of Diamonds to win by three-quarters of a length.