After winning events at Catterick and Ayr in January, he was targeted at the Coral Golden Hurdle Final, run over three miles and one furlong at Cheltenham in March.

After finishing second on his seasonal debut, he unseated his rider on his next start before winning at Wetherby over the Christmas period, where he again faced Brunton Park, beating him by five lengths.

Commenting on the ride, Timeform said, "We think even Francome would admit, with hindsight, that the task he set Forgive 'n Forget on the final circuit - he was still twenty five lengths behind the leaders passing the stands - was a very stiff one in such company."

In the end the partnership made up a considerable amount of ground to hold a chance two fences from home, but could not make any further headway and eventually finished runners up, ten lengths behind A Kinsman.

[6] At the beginning of the season Jimmy FitzGerald had announced that Forgive 'n Forget was the best horse he had ever trained, adding "I shall be very disappointed if he doesn’t win a Gold Cup one day".

After beating a sole rival on his reappearance at Kelso, Forgive 'n Forget was beaten by Mossy Moore at Ayr in November but was subsequently found to have been troubled by an old back injury.

Forgive 'n Forget returned to the winner's enclosure in the Rowland Meyrick Chase at Wetherby on Boxing Day when he gave weight and a comfortable beating to his three rivals.

In the first week in February he ran in a handicap chase at Ascot, failing by a length and a half to concede 15 lb to Greenwood Lad after making a mistake at the final fence.

Given his customary waiting ride by Mark Dwyer, Forgive 'n Forget moved into third place three fences from home, travelling comfortably with just Half Free and Drumadowney ahead of him.

Forgive 'n Forget ended the season with a Timeform rating of 166, 8 lb behind Burrough Hill Lad who missed the Gold Cup due to injury.

The win came in the Edward Hanmer Chase at Haydock Park in November where he beat the only other finisher Richdee, after his main rival Wayward Lad unseated his rider.

Forgive 'n Forget made his second appearance of the season at the same venue in the Tommy Whittle Chase, finishing a distant third behind Earl's Brig and Wayward Lad.

The Raceform race reader at the course, Ivor Markham, described Forgive 'n Forget's run with, "pulled hard,held up,mistake 13th,chased leaders from 15th,ridden two out,eased when beaten flat.

"[9] The Rowland Meyrick Chase at Wetherby was chosen for his next run, and Forgive 'n Forget was traveling best of all when unseating the deputising Ron O’Leary three fences from home.

In a renewal that saw the start time delayed by over one hour due to a snow blizzard, Forgive 'n Forget was never fluent at his obstacles and finished in seventh place, nearly twenty lengths behind the winner, The Thinker.

He made his seasonal reappearance in the Edward Hanmer Chase, where he was beaten twenty lengths by the in form Beau Ranger, giving away 20 lb in weight.

In his preparation run for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, connections brought Forgive 'n Forget back in trip to two-and-a-half miles, in the John Francome Chase at Worcester.

In a four-horse field that included Beau Ranger and Panto Prince, Forgive 'n Forget ran an encouraging race to finish third, beaten less than four lengths by the winner.