アイリッシュチャンピオンステークス
Xaar was off the course for more than three months before reappearing in August at Deauville, where he finished second to Kabool in the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano over 2000 metres. He was then matched against older horses and fillies in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown in September. He finished third of the eight runners behind Swain and Alborada.