He was a sick horse when a beaten favourite in the following year's 2000 Guineas, but returned in the autumn to beat Minting in the Champion Stakes.

[4] His registered his fourth successive win in the Richmond Stakes at Goodwood, carrying a ten-pound weight penalty.

[7] His seventh and final start of the season came in the Dewhurst Plate, where he won carrying a ten-pound penalty.

[9] He had looked beaten only a quarter of a mile into the race and it was later found that an abscess in his mouth had burst in the opening stages.

In the closing stages Friar's Balsam and Minting drew rapidly clear of the others before they had even been asked for an effort.

[11][14] At stud Friar's Balsam sired Balsamo who won the valuable City and Suburban Handicap.

[11] He also sired Mother Siegel who was the dam of 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby winner Minoru.

[1] Friar's Balsam's son Voter became a leading racehorse in North America, winning the Metropolitan Handicap.