[4] Mon Fils led from the start and although briefly overtaken by Noble Decree, he rallied inside the final furlong to regain the lead and win by a head.
[5] Mon Fils was then moved up in distance to contest the Derby Stakes over one and a half miles at Epsom Downs Racecourse.
He was strongly fancied for the race,[4] but struggled to cope with the firm ground and the distance, finishing eighteenth of the twenty-five runners behind Morston.
[3] In their book A Century of Champions, based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Mon Fils an "inferior" winner of the 2000 Guineas.
* Mon Fils is inbred 4D × 4D to the stallion Fair Trial, meaning that he appears twice fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.