As a four-year-old she made only three appearances but was rated the best female sprinter in the world after wins in the Prix de Saint-Georges and the Nunthorpe Stakes.

[4] Mecca's Angel's dam Folga, a daughter of the Prix d'Arenberg winner Desert Dawn, was a durable sprinter who won six minor races from thirty-five starts between 2004 and 2007.

Mecca's Angel began her second season in a minor handicap race at Thirsk on 12 April and won by four and a half lengths under 133 pounds.

[9] Eight days later she was sent to France for the Listed Prix Texanita over 1100 metres at Maisons-Laffitte and sustained her only defeat of the season as she finished fifth behind Rangali.

[11] Ten days after her win at Doncaster Mecca's Angel was moved up to Group race class for the first time when she started 13/8 favourite for the World Trophy at Newbury.

After racing in second place Mecca's Angel took the lead two furlongs out, accelerated clear in the closing stages and won by two and a half lengths from Justice Day.

[13] At the Curragh in July, the filly started odds-on favourite for the Sapphire Stakes but was beaten a neck by the six-year-old gelding Stepper Point.

[15] Interviewed after the race Michael Dods said "It's marvellous for the north and everyone involved".."[14] On her first appearance in nine months, Mecca's Angel started favourite for the Temple Stakes at Haydock on 21 May.

She disputed the lead from the start and went to the front a furlong out but was carried left and bumped by the four-year-old colt Profitable before being beaten a neck into second place.

After being repeatedly obstructed as she attempted to obtain a clear run she was eased down by Mulrennan and finished sixteenth of the seventeen runners behind Profitable.

[16] Explaining the mare's improvement from her previous start, Dods said that Mecca's Angle had been in season at Ascot as well as being unsuited by the ground conditions.

After chasing the leader she took the lead in the closing stages but was overtaken 75 metres out and finished third, beaten three-quarters of a length and a short head by Marsha and Washington, D.C.

Racing over six furlongs for the first time in more than three years she tracked the leaders on the stands-side but faded in the last quarter mile and finished twelfth behind The Tin Man, beaten thirteen lengths by the winner.