In the following year he failed to win a race but produced a career-best effort to run Frankel to three quarters of a length in the St James's Palace Stakes.
[8] The colt was then sent to England and moved up in class for the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot in June and finished sixth of the thirteen runners behind the favourite Strong Suit.
Seamie Heffernan took the ride when Zoffany started odds-on favourite for the Listed Golden Fleece Stakes over seven furlongs at Leopardstown on 1 July.
Starting at odds of 3/1, Zoffany raced towards the rear of the field as Snow Mountain set the early pace, before beginning a sustained run inside the last quarter mile.
On 4 June he ran for the second time at Royal Ascot and started a 20/1 outsider in a very strong renewal of the St James's Palace Stakes in which the nine runner field was headed by Frankel and also included Excelebration, Dream Ahead and Wootton Bassett.
Ridden by Ryan Moore he raced at the rear of the field and was still in last place approaching the straight, by which time Frankel had opened up a lead of at least five lengths.
Frankel began to struggle in the straight, but Zoffany produced a sustained run on the outside, overtook the other seven runners, and failed by only three quarters of a length to catch the favourite.
[14] In July Zoffany started favourite for the Prix Jean Prat over 1600 metres at Chantilly Racecourse, but was beaten in a three-way photo finish as he failed by a head to catch Mutual Trust with Strong Suit a nose away in third.
In the Prix Jacques Le Marois a month later he ran poorly as he finished twelfth of the thirteen runners behind Moonlight Cloud having been eased down by his jockey Christophe Soumillon when his chance of winning had gone.