She was from the sixth crop of foals sired by Dutch Art, a British stallion who won the Prix Morny and the Middle Park Stakes in 2006.

On 23 May on the Tapeta surface at Newcastle Racecourse she started at odds of 3/1 for a maiden and recorded her first success as she drew away from her rivals in the final furlong to win by almost four lengths.

[7] Twelve days later she was matched against older fillies and mares in a handicap at Haydock Park and won "readily", coming home two and a quarter lengths in front of the four-year-old Midnight Malibu at odds of 10/11.

[8] Following a break of over three months, Mabs Cross returned to the track and was moved up in class to contest the inaugural running of the Listed Arran Stakes at Musselburgh Racecourse on 9 October.

[12] In the Group 2 Temple Stakes at Haydock on 26 May Mabs Cross finished strongly and came home a close fourth behind Battaash, Washington, D.C.and Kachir.

In June the filly was stepped up to Group 1 class to contest the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot and started a 20/1 outsider in a fourteen-runner field.

When dropped back to Group 2 class and sent to Ireland for the Sapphire Stakes at the Curragh on 22 July she started favourite but was beaten into third place by Havana Grey and Caspian Prince.

After tracking the leaders on the stands-side (the right-hand side from the jockeys' viewpoint) she took the lead in the final furlong but was beaten a nose (the minimum possible distance) by Alpha Delphini.

[15] On 7 October Mabs Cross was sent to France for the Prix de l'Abbaye over 1000 metres at Longchamp Racecourse in which she was ridden by Gerald Mosse and started at odds of 12/1 in a fifteen-runner field.

Carrying top weight of 136 pounds, the mare recovered from a poor start to produce a strong late run and overtook Equilateral in the final strides to win by a neck.

The mare was then sent to Royal Ascot for the King's Stand Stakes on 18 June and finished fourth of the twelve runners behind Blue Point, Battaash and Soldier's Call.