Prix Niel
After a break of three months, Top Ville returned on 9 September for the Prix Niel over 2400m at Longchamp in September. He was made the 2/5 favourite (coupled with his stable companion Kamaridaan) despite carrying top weight but finished fourth of the six runners behind Le Marmot. On 7 October, Top Ville (and Kamaridaan) started the 23/4 second favourite for the 58th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was never in contention and finished seventeenth of the twenty-two runners behind Three Troikas. Saint-Martin reported that Top Ville had been disconcerted by the noise of the crowd.