Queen Anne Stakes
Rip Van Winkle's three-year-old season was disrupted by injury, and his four-year-old campaign was also set back due to niggling injury problems. In his first start, he finished well behind Goldikova and Paco Boy in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. He then tried for a repeat performance in the Sussex Stakes, where he was beaten into second late on by the three-year-old star Canford Cliffs.