After finishing third in the Aston Park Stakes on his first appearance of 1979, M-Lolshan appeared to be unsuited by the soft ground when running fourth behind Ile de Bourbon in the Coronation Cup at Epsom Racecourse in June. In July he ran second to the three-year-old Milford in the Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket and then finished fourth to Troy, Gay Mecene and Ela-Mana-Mou in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. In August he recorded his first victory of the campaign by winning a minor race over one and a half miles at Lingfield Park Racecourse and then finished second to the three-year-old Niniski in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes. In the following month he was sent to Germany for the Grosser Preis von Baden over 2400 metres and was equipped with blinkers for the first time. Ridden by Taylor he won his second Group 1 race as he defeated the Deutsches Derby winner Königsstuhl by one and a quarter lengths. He returned to Germany in October for the Preis von Europa at Cologne but was beaten into third place by Nebos and the Polish champion Czubaryk.