[7] On his racecourse debut Wooded started 2.8/1 joint favourite for a maiden race over 1400 metres on heavy ground at Dieppe in which he was ridden by Stephane Pasquier and finished second by a short neck to Derbysim.
[8] In the Group 3 Prix La Rochette at Longchamp Racecourse three weeks later he ran second by a short neck to Kenway, taking the lead inside 70 metres from the finish but being overtaken in the final strides.
On his final run of the year he started at odds of 6/1 for the Prix Thomas Bryon at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on 4 October and came home third behind the British challengers King's Command and Royal Crusade.
[11] Christophe Soumillon took the ride when Wooded started a 16/1 outsider for the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat over 1400 metes at Deauville in July and came home fourth behind Pinatubo, Lope Y Fernandez and Malotru, beaten three and a half lengths by the winner.
[12] In the Prix Maurice de Gheest over 1300 metres at the same track in August he was reunited with Boudot and finished sixth of the eleven runners behind Space Blues, staying on well in the closing stages without ever looking likely to win.
[13] The colt was then dropped in class and distance to run second to the four-year-old filly Air de Valse when starting favourite for the Group 3 Prix du Petit Couvert over 1000 metres at Longchamp on 13 September.
"[15] Shortly after his win in the Abbaye, it was announced that Wooded had been retired from racing and would begin his career as a breeding stallion at his owner's Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy.