[2] Four weeks late he started 7/4 favourite for a minor stakes race at Salisbury and won by one and a quarter lengths from Dont Dili Dali.

[3] On 27 July Sir Percy completed his hat trick and recorded his first Group race success when beating Cool Creek by a neck in the Vintage Stakes at Goodwood.

[4] Sir Percy was then rested until returning in Britain's most prestigious two-year-old race, the Dewhurst Stakes, on 15 October.

He was held up in the early stages before producing a powerful late run to take the lead inside the final furlong and win by a neck from the odds-onn favourite Horatio Nelson.

He tracked the leaders for most of the way and stayed on strongly in the closing stages to finish second, beaten two and a half lengths by George Washington.

[6] Sir Percy sustained a pulled muscle in training after the Guineas and his participation in the Derby was in some doubt,[7] with Tregoning considering the less demanding Prix du Jockey Club as an alternative target.

Sir Percy was held up by Martin Dwyer in the early stages and was only eleventh as the field turned into the straight.

In the final quarter mile Dwyer struggled to find room for a clear run until the last hundred yards when he sent the colt through a gap along the rails.

For his next race on 1 June he returned to Epsom to contest the Coronation Cup, finishing sixth of the seven runners behind Scorpion.