Starting the 6/4 favourite she took the lead 200 metres from the finish and pulled clear of her seventeen opponents to win in "impressive" style by six lengths.
[5] Three weeks later the filly was stepped up sharply in class for the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary over 2000 metres at Longchamp Racecourse in which she was partnered by Gerald Mosse.
After racing in fifth place she accelerated in the straight and overcame a rough passage to take the lead in the closing stages and won "comfortably" by half a length from Deluxe.
[9] After a break of three months Sarafina was matched against older fillies in the Prix Vermeille over 2400 metres at Longchamp on 12 September and finished third behind the four-year-olds Midday and Plumania.
After being restrained in the early stages Sarafina was badly hampered when making progress on the final turn but produced a strong late run on the outside to come home third of the nineteen runners behind Workforce and Nakayama Festa.
After being restrained at the rear of the field she accelerated in the straight, caught Cirrus des Aigles in the final strides and won by a neck.
[15] Sarafina returned for the Prix Foy (a major trial for the Arc de Triomphe) at Longchamp on 11 September for which her three opponents were St Nicholas Abbey, Nakayama Festa and Hiruno d'Amour (Tenno Sho).
Starting the 4/6 favourite she turned into the straight last of the four runners but then began to make progress and won by a short neck from Hiruno d'Amour after squeezing through a narrow gap and taking the lead in the last 50 metres.
She started the 2/1 favourite but despite staying on well in the straight she finished fourth behind St Nicholas Abbey, Sea Moon and Brilliant Speed.