He initially raced for the Coolmore Stud partners Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Susan Magnier in association with Barronstown's Diane Nagle.

Despite his defeat the colt was stepped up in class to contest the Group 3 Tyros Stakes over the same course and distance eighteen days later and ran second behind his stablemate Military Style, with Masen in third place.

[7] On 10 October Van Gogh was sent to England to contest the Group 3 Autumn Stakes over the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket Racecourse and went off the 9/2 joint-favourite in a ten-runner field.

Van Gogh raced towards the rear in the early stages but went to the front 300 metres from the finish to win "comfortably" by four lengths from Normandy Bridge.

[10] In the official European classification of for 2020 Van Gogh was given a rating of 114, making him the ninth best two-year-old of the season six pounds behind the top-rated St Mark's Basilica.