On 19 July he started 0.9/1 favourite when returned to Listed class for the Prix Jacques de Bremond on soft turf at Vichy and won by half a length from Wagram after taking the lead inside the last 200 metres.
After being restrained towards the rear of the nine-runner field he took the lead 200 metres from the finish and stayed on well in the closing stages to win by a length from the five-year-old Stunning Spirit.
He came from the rear of the field with a strong late run, took the lead in the closing stages and won by three quarters of a length from the British-trained gelding with the favourite Line of Duty, the winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, taking third place.
Skalleti began his campaign on 18 May and sustained his first defeat in well over a year as he came home third behind Pretreville and Plumatic in the Group 3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil at Chantilly Racecourse.
He settled towards the rear before overtaking Sottsass approaching the last 200 metres and held off a renewed challenge from the four-year-old favourite to win by a neck, with the pair finishing four lengths clear of the other five runners.
After racing towards the rear of the field as usual he struggled to obtain a clear run in the straight but gained the advantage in the last 100 metres and won by one and three quarter lengths from the Irish-trained four-year-old Patrick Sarsfield.
He raced closer to the lead than usual and kept on well in the straight to run second to Addeybb with Magical, Serpentine, Pyledriver, Japan, Mishriff and Lord North finishing behind.
Racing on his preferred heavy ground he started the 1/2 favourite and won "easily" by three and a half lengths from Grand Glory after gaining the advantage 400 metres from the finish.
He was restrained towards the rear as usual before producing a strong late run, taking the lead 50 metres from the finish and winning by a length from Mare Australis.
Skalleti produced a strong late run on the outside and took the lead in the final strides to take his first Group 1 victory in a blanket finish, beating Tilsit and My Oberon by a head and a short neck.
Everyone has been hung up on him winning a group 1 but that was never the sole priority—we really wanted to build a career with this horse... His main target for the year is to take his revenge in the Champion Stakes so we'll let him down for a while.
"[23] Despite Reynier's prediction that the horse would be rested, Skalleti was sent to Germany on 25 July and started odds-on favourite for the Group 1 Bayerisches Zuchtrennen over 2000 metres at Munich.