On December 26, 1970, Jim French fought Sir Dagonet for a win in the Miami Beach Handicap at Tropical Park.
In early January, Jim French won the Dade Metropolitan Handicap by a nose, carrying top weight.
Campo shipped Jim French to New York to run 17 days later in the Bay Shore Stakes against Hoist The Flag, which he won in 1:21.
Campo entered Jim French in the Arlington Classic (then called the Pontiac Grand Prix), where he was fourth.
Three weeks later, again shipped to California, he placed in the Hollywood Derby, losing to Bold Reason, who carried thirteen fewer pounds.
Caldwell proclaimed early in August 1971 that he had sold a 70% interest in the horse to Mrs. George Sarant, wife of a Long Island automobile dealer.
[2] Campo said at the time that the Sarants, after only a few weeks of ownership, had let their 70% go to Fred R. Cole, a construction executive from Long Island.
A director of the bank, Leslie Combs II, was also assured that Jim French would stand at his Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, when his racing days were over.
Having missed the Travers, Jim French was sold to art dealer Daniel Wildenstein for $1 million and retired to Haras de la Verrerie in France.