In 2012 she emerged as a top-class racemare, taking the Prix d'Harcourt on her seasonal debut and recording her biggest win in the Group One Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in July.
Giofra did not race until the autumn of her three-year-old season and made no impact on her debut when she finished fifth in the Prix de l'Esperance at Moulins Racecourse on 2 September.
A month later she recorded her first success when winning a minor race at Compiègne and was then moved up in class to contest the Listed Prix Casimir Delamarre over 1800 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 28 October.
Ridden by Maxime Guyon and starting at odds of 11.4/1 she took the lead 200 metres from the finish, accelerated clear of the field and won by three lengths from the German filly Acacalia.
[6] Explaining the filly's delayed career, Alain de Royer-Dupré said "She had a problem with a foreleg, which meant we had to be patient with her, and she only ran three times last year but she showed when easily winning the Listed race here last October that she was Group class".
After a break of two and a half months Giofra was sent to England to contest the Falmouth Stakes over one mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 13 July, with Christophe Soumillon taking over from Guyon.
After being settled by Soumillon just behind the leaders, Giofra began to make progress in the last quarter mile, gained the advantage inside the final furlong and won by half a length from the three-year-old outsider Elusive Kate (ridden by Frankie Dettori) with Siyouma close behind in third.
[11] In the following month the filly returned to France and started favourite for the Prix Jean Romanet over 2000 metres at Deauville Racecourse but finished sixth of the nine runners behind the subsequently disqualified Snow Fairy.