[3] Lady Bowthorpe's dam Maglietta Fina, a half-sister to the Sandown Mile winner Tullius, showed good ability on the track, winning four races in Italy and one in England.
In a similar event at Lingfield Park later that month she was ridden by Kieran Shoemark (who became her regular jockey) and recorded her first success as she led from the start and won "comfortably" by two lengths from Sloane Garden.
On the 6th of that month Lady Bowthorpe began her third campaign in a minor handicap over one mile on the Polytrack at Lingfield and won by one and a quarter lengths from Baby Steps despite her apprentice jockey Thomas Greatrex dropping his whip in the closing stages.
[8] Three weeks later she finished sixth when favourite for a handicap at Newmarket after which she was stepped up in class for the Listed Pipalong Stakes at Pontefract Racecourse and came home fourth of the nine runners behind Romola.
[11] Lady Bowthorpe made her first appearance as a five-year-old in the Group 2 Dahlia Stakes over nine furlongs on good to firm ground at Newmarket on 2 May and went off the 6/1 third choice in a seven-runner field.
"[13] The mare was then matched against male opposition in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes on 15 May and despite starting a 22/1 outsider she produced a career best effort as she finished second to the odds-on favourite Palace Pier, beaten one and a half lengths by her four-year-old rival.
In the Group 2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot in June Lady Bowthorpe took the lead approaching the last quarter mile but was overtaken a furlong out and beaten into second place by the outsider Indie Angel.
In a strongly-contested edition of the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on 9 July the mare came home fourth behind the three-year-olds Snow Lantern, Mother Earth and Alcohol Free, beaten a length by the winner after overcoming trouble in running in the last two furlongs.
Lady Bowthorpe settled in third place behind Joan of Arc and Zeyaadah before gaining the advantage a furlong out and staying on well in the closing stages to win by one and a half lengths.
[15] Jarvis, who was winning his first Group 1 race since Grand Lodge took the St James's Palace Stakes in 1994, said: "I've never lost faith in myself as a racehorse trainer, quite a lot of other people may have done but that doesn't really bother me...