[4] Pharaoh's Delight made her first appearance in a maiden race over six furlongs at Leicester Racecourse on 10 June in which he started the 100/30 second favourite but came home sixth of the nine runners behind Bright Flower.
Less than two weeks after he defeat at Leicester the filly was sent to Royal Ascot and dropped in distance to contest the five furlong Windsor Castle Stakes in which she was ridden as on her debut by Pat Eddery.
[7] In September the filly was sent back to Ireland and started favourite for the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh but proved no match for the Henry Cecil-trained Chimes of Freedom and was beaten six lengths into second place, Pharaoh's Delight began her second season with two races over one mile/ 1600 metres.
She finished sixth to Houseproud in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches at Longchamp Racecourse in May and fifth to Chimes of Freedom in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot a month later.
Better was to follow in August as she finished second to Pole Position in the Prix de Meautry and then ran third to the year's leading sprinter Dayjur in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York.
In September she finished third behind Dayjur and Royal Academy in the Haydock Sprint Cup but then ran disappointingly when she was the beaten favourite in a minor race at Newbury, and a distant fifth behind the French-trained colt Ron's Victory in the Diadem Stakes.