He was from the penultimate crop of foals sired by the horse Welsh Saint, who recorded his biggest win in the 1970 edition of the Cork and Orrery Stakes.
After being restrained in the early stages he made some progress in the last quarter mile but appeared unsuited by the soft ground and finished third behind Colmore Row and Classic Ruler.
[3] Gallic League suffered from sore shins after his defeat at Ascot and did not reappear until September when he contested the Group Two Flying Childers Stakes over five furlongs at Doncaster Racecourse.
He drew away from his rivals in the last quarter mile and won by two and a half lengths from Tommy Daly with J Cheever Loophole in third ahead of Classic Ruler.
With Cauthen again in the saddle he was made the 6/4 favourite[4] ahead of Rahy, Persian Heights, Digamist (winner of the Phoenix Stakes) and the 50/1 outsider Golden Garter.
[3] Gallic League began his second season in the Greenham Stakes (a major trial race for the 2000 Guineas) over seven furlongs at Newbury on 16 April.
[6] In June he made his second attempt to win the King's Stand Stakes and came much closer than in 1998 as he was beaten a neck and head into third by Indian Ridge and Tigani.
In the official International Classification for the European two-year-olds of 1987 Mister Majestic was rated the ninth best colt in Europe, seven pounds behind the top-rated Warning.
The independent Timeform organisation gave him a rating of 119 p (the "p" indicating that he was expected to make more than usual improvement), eight pounds inferior to Warning, who was their best juvenile of the year.