She was made the 13/8 favourite in a thirteen-runner field, but after challenging for the lead she appeared to be outpaced in the closing stages and finished third behind the outsiders Nataliya and Kunda.
In the following month she started favourite for a similar event over seven furlongs at Newmarket and recorded her first success, leading for most of the way for most of the way and winning by two lengths from Silk Fan and ten others.
The prevailing firm ground led to the late withdrawal of four horses, including the strongly-fancied Irish filly Necklace.
[8] On her first appearance as a three-year-old Red Bloom was made the favourite[9] in a sixteen-runner field for the 191st running of the 1000 Guineas over Newmarket's Rowley Mile course on 2 May.
[10] Fallon settled her behind the leaders but although she stayed on in the closing stages she never looked likely to win and finished fourth behind Attraction, Sundrop and Hathrah.
At Royal Ascot in June she faced Attraction again in the Group One Coronation Stakes and was again beaten, finishing third behind the Guineas winner and the outsider Majestic Desert.
In August the filly was dropped to Group Three class for the nine furlong Strensall Stakes at York Racecourse in which she was matched against male opposition and older horses for the first time.
[11] After the race, Cheveley Park Stud's managing director Chris Richardson commented "It was a muddling early pace but she appeared to like the easy ground, and the further she went, the better".
Red Bloom began her third season by starting favourite for the Group Three Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket on 1 May but finished lame in fifth place behind Tarfah.
[14] On her final appearance of the season she finished sixth of the nine runners behind Kinnaird in the Prix de l'Opéra at Longchamp Racecourse in October.
She then finished third behind her old rival Alexander Goldrun in the Pretty Polly Stakes before running third to Satwa Queen when favourite for the Prix Jean Romanet.