At stud, Dubawi has been a highly successful breeding stallion, siring major winners such as Ghaiyyath, Monterosso, Al Kazeem, Makfi, Old Persian, Lucky Nine and Night of Thunder.
[6] Nezwaah was stepped up in class and distance for her debut on turf and sustained her first defeat as she came home third behind We Are Ninety and Beautiful Moring in the Listed Fillies' Trial Stakes over ten furlongs at Newbury Racecourse on 14 May.
Harry Bentley took the ride when Nezwaah returned to the synthetic track and started the 3/1 favourite for the Listed Hoppings Stakes at Newcastle Racecourse on 24 June when she was matched against older opponents for the first time.
For her final run of the year Nezwaah was sent to Canada to contest the Grade I E. P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in October and although she never looked likely to win she kept on well in the closing stages to finish seventh, only two lengths behind the winner Al's Gal.
Nezwaah was held up by Atzeni in the early stages as Creggs Pipes set the pace, but began to make strong progress in the last quarter mile and after taking the lead a furlong out she accelerated away from her rivals and won by more than three lengths from Rain Goddess.
"[12] For her next appearance Nezwaah was stepped up in distance for the Yorkshire Oaks over one and a half miles at York Racecourse and came home fourth behind Enable, Coronet and Queen's Trust (Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf).
For her final run of the year, Nezwaah was sent to California for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar Racetrack on 4 November, in which she started at odds of 20/1 and came home tenth of the fourteen runners behind Wuheida.