Starting at odds of 4/1 in a seventeen runner field, he took the lead approaching the final quarter mile and won by two lengths from Austintatious.

[1] On 17 April 2008, Twice Over won the Group Three Craven Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse beating the future Breeders' Cup Classic champion Raven's Pass by a short head.

[2] He later ran poorly in the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano at Deauville Racecourse before ending his season by running second to New Approach in the Champion Stakes.

Later that month he won the Listed Foundation Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse, beating Perfect Stride by two and a half lengths.

[4] On his final appearance of the season the colt was sent to the United States for the Breeders' Cup Classic on 7 November at Santa Anita Park.

He was subsequently well beaten in the Dubai World Cup, and at the start of the British turf season he finished 6th behind Canford Cliffs in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes.

On 19 April, Twice Over began his 2012 campaign running second to the John Gosden trained Questioning in the Group 3 Earl of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket over 9 furlongs.

Despite running into some traffic problems, he finished third of the 9 runners, 3 and 1/4 lengths behind winner Nathaniel (another John Gosden-trained horse), who won the previous years King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.