His early form was moderate, but in the autumn of his three-year-old season he made dramatic improvement to record wide margin victories in the Prix du Rond Point and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
In June, he was moved up in distance and won the Bass Clubman's Handicap at Haydock Park Racecourse from Spring To Mind, Portese and Fool's Prayer.
[6] A week after his defeat in the Moulin, Homing returned to England for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (then a Group Two race) over one mile at Ascot Racecourse and started 9/2 second favourite behind the Vincent O'Brien-trained Stradavinsky.
Homing started slowly but quickly took the lead and dominated the race,[7] drawing away from his rivals in the straight to win easily by five lengths from Stradavinky, who in turn finished well clear of the rest.
[6] In 1977, the independent Timeform organisation awarded Homing a rating of 105 p, the "p" indicating that he was expected to mage significantly more than normal improvement: in their annual Racehorses of 1977, they described him as "a very useful colt in the making".
[6] At the end of his three-year-old season, Homing was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at the Highclere Stud in Newmarket after his owner had reportedly rejected an offer of $2m from American breeders.