Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
Special Duty made her debut in the Listed Prix Yacowlef over 1000m at Deauville in July. She started odds-on favourite but was hampered at the start and finished second, beaten one and a half lengths by Sorciere, a filly who went on to win the Prix d'Arenberg. Three weeks later she was moved up to Group Two class for the Prix Robert Papin over 1100m at Maisons-Laffitte. She showed her inexperience ("ran green") in the early stages but took the lead in the closing stages and was ridden out by Pasquier to defeat the odds-on favourite Siyouni by one and a half lengths. After the race, Head-Maarek described Special Duty as "a progressive type who could go on to better things". In October Siyouni won the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère, France's most prestigious race for two-year-olds. A month later, Special Duty was matched against the unbeaten English colts Canford Cliffs and Arcano in the Prix Morny at Deauville. Pasquier sent the filly to the front from the start and she held the lead until she was caught in the last strides and beaten a short neck by Arcano in a blanket finish.