[5] Mizdirection began her four-year-old season in the Grade III Monrovia Stakes over 6+1⁄2 furlongs at Santa Anita Park on January 3.
In May she sustained her only defeat of the season when she finished second to Mega Dream in the Great Lady M Stakes, conceding six pounds to the five-year-old winner.
[7] Ridden by Mike Smith she started at odds of 7/1 in a field of fourteen, with the three-year-old colt Unbridled's Note being made the 9/2 favorite.
Midirection produced a strong late run on the outside to catch Unbridled's Note in the closing stages and won by half a length.
[8] As in the previous season, Mizdirection began her 2013 campaign in the Monrovia Stakes and won the race for a second time, beating Kindle by half a length, taking her career earnings past $1,000,000.
[10] The Las Cienagas Handicap was upgraded to Grade III in 2013, and Mizdirection won the race for the second time, beating her stable companion Schiaparelli by half a length.
Sold to Al Shaqab Racing for $2.7 million at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton November sale, she was exported France and now lives at the Haras de Bouquetot near Clarbec.