[3] Her dam Dash To The Front won the Warwickshire Oaks[4] and came from a female-line family which had been based at Meon Valley for several generations,[5] being a granddaughter of Milligram who was in turn a daughter of One In A Million.
[8] On 11 June the filly was stepped up in class for the Listed Ballymacoll Stud Stakes over ten furlongs at Newbury Racecourse and started the 7/2 second favourite behind Encore l'Amour.
Starting at odds of 12/1, she raced in third place for most of the way but appeared to be outpaced in the closing stage and came home fifth behind Covert Love, Jack Naylor, Curvy and Together Forever.
On her final run of the year Speedy Boarding contested the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot Racecourse on 17 October and started a 25/1 outsider.
On her first appearance as a four-year-old, Speedy Boarding finished fourth behind Beautiful Romance, Koora and Journey in the Group 2 Middleton Stakes over ten and a half furlongs on 12 May at York Racecourse after being repeatedly being blocked in her attempts to obtain a clear run in the straight.
On 21 August at Deauville Racecourse Speedy Boarding contested the Prix Jean Romanet over 2000 metres and started at odds of 6/1 in a field of ten.
Speedy Boarding tracked the leader before taking the advantage 300 metres out and went clear of her opponents to win by one and three quarter lengths from the outsider Ame Bleu.
[12] Speedy Boarding returned to France on 2 October for the Group 1 Prix de l'Opéra, which was run that year at Chantilly Racecourse as Longchamp had been closed for redevelopment.
She started the 11/2 second choice in the betting behind So Mi Dar, a British-trained three-year-old who was undefeated in four races including the Investec Derby Trial and the Musidora Stakes.