At stud, Dubawi has been a highly-successful breeding stallion, siring major winners such as Monterosso, Al Kazeem, Makfi, Lucky Nine and Night of Thunder.

[8] On her three-year-old debut, Wild Illusion started the 11/2 third choice in the betting for the 1000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 6 May and after briefly reaching second place she came home fourth behind Billesdon Brook, Laurens and Happily.

She was then dropped back to Group 2 level for the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot but despite starting favourite she was beaten by Magic Wand, to whom she was conceding three pounds in weight.

In a change of tactics, Buick sent the filly into the lead from the start, and after holding off several challengers she drew away in the closing stages to win by two lengths from Urban Fox.

Wild Illusion moved up on the outside entering the straight, took the lead 300 metres out and stayed on well to win by a length from Magic Wand and the fast-finishing Homerique.

[13] For her final run of the year Wild Illusion was sent to the United States to contest the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Churchill Downs on 3 November and was made the 9/4 favourite in a fourteen-runner field.

Ridden by Doyle she briefly took the lead 200 metres from the finish but faded in the final strides and came home sixth behind the Roger Varian-trained Zabeel Prince.

At Deauville Racecourse in August the filly started second favourite for the Prix Jean Romanet but after leading the race until the last 300 metres she dropped back and finished sixth of the eight runners behind Coronet.