Candy was initially unable to explain the colt's performance, but on the following day Wind and Wuthering was found to be lame and a veterinary examination revealed a muscle injury.
Ridden by Candy's stable jockey Philip Waldron, he led from the start, setting a strong pace before going clear in the closing stages and winning by two and a half lengths from Wongchoi.
He started at odds of 11/1 with the untested, but highly regarded Simply Great, from the Henry Cecil stable being made the 6/4 favourite ahead of the Vincent O'Brien-trained Raconteur and the Richmond Stakes winner Tender King.
As in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes, Waldron sent Wind and Wuthering into the lead from the start, and steadily increased the pace, leaving many of his rivals struggling at half-distance.
Many of the leading contenders were soon under pressure, but the French-trained colt Zino produced a strong late run to catch Wind and Wuthering in the closing strides and won by a head.
Two weeks after his run at Newmarket he started the 2/1 favourite for the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh but after taking the lead in the straight he finished fifth of the fourteen runners behind Dara Monarch, Tender King, Red Sunset and Anfield.
In the St James's Palace Stakes at Ascot in June, Wind and Wuthering led from the start but dropped away quickly when challenged in the straight and finished seventh of the nine runners behind Dara Monarch.
Timeform argued that although Green Forest had won more major races, the form of Wind and Wuthering's Dewhurst win was clearly superior to anything achieved by the French colt.