[5] On 8 December Loving Dream, ridden by Robert Havlin, recorded her first victory in a maiden race over 8+1⁄2 furlongs on the synthetic Tapeta track at Wolverhampton Racecourse, taking the lead in the closing stages and winning by a length from Sea La Rosa at odds of 11/2.
[6] On her first run as a three-year-old Loving Dream made her debut on turf and finished second to the Michael Stoute-trained Noon Star in a novice race over ten furlongs at Wetherby Racecourse on 25 April, beaten 2+1⁄2 lengths by the winner.
Noon Star started favourite while the other contenders included Dubai Fountain (Cheshire Oaks), Eshaada and Divinely (Flame of Tara Stakes).
Loving Dream raced in second place behind Dubai Fountain, took the lead two furlongs from the finish and stayed on well to win by three quarters of a length from Eshaada.
[8] Loving Dream was moved up to Group 1 class for her next start when she contested the Yorkshire Oaks over 1+1⁄2 miles at York Racecourse on 19 August.
Ridden by Frankie Dettori she started an 18/1 outsider and was never in serious contention as she came home fifth of the seven runners behind Snowfall, beaten more than ten lengths by the winner.