She raced just behind the leaders before making steady progress in the last quarter mile before gaining the advantage in the final strides to win by a head from Doom.

[5] For her first run as a three-year-old, Soul Sister was stepped up to Group 3 class for the Fred Darling Stakes (a trial race for the 1000 Guineas) over seven furlongs at Newbury Racecourse on 22 April.

Ridden by Frankie Dettori, who had announced that he would retire at the end of the season, she never looked likely to win and trailed home last of the twelve runners behind Remarquee, beaten more than twenty lengths by the winner.

Soul Sister started well but was then restrained by Dettori and dropped back to the rear of the field as the 100/1 outsider Sea of Roses set the pace.

Caernarfon and Savethelastdanceforme moved up to dispute the lead in the straight but Soul Sister made rapid progress on the outside, gained the advantage approaching the final furlong and won by 1+3⁄4 lengths despite hanging to the left in the closing stages.