Before Solemia's arrival, Poliglote's best flat racer had been the dual Grand Prix de Deauville winner Irish Wells.

Solemia was moved up to Group class for the first time for her final start of the year in the Prix du Conseil de Paris, in which she was matched against colts and older horses.

[5] Solemia began her four-year-old season impressively, with a four length win in the Listed Prix Lord Seymour at Longchamp in April.

A month later she was made favourite for the Group Three Prix d'Hédouville but was beaten three lengths a head by the British gelding Allied Powers and the filly Molly Malone.

[6] In the Prix Corrida at the end of May at Saint-Cloud, Solemia started at odds of 3/1 in a field which included the 2011 Arc de Triomphe runner-up Shareta.

The Wertheimers' racing manager Pierre-Charles Bureau called the winner "very brave" and nominated the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud as a likely target, explaining his view that the filly would be better over a longer distance.