29 February. With Egan in the saddle he went off at odds of 16/1 and recovered from a poor start to finish second of the thirteen runners, two and a quarter lengths behind the Japanese-trained winner Full Flat. The 2020 flat racing season in England and Ireland was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and Mishriff did not make his reappearance after his trip to Arabia until 6 June when he contested the Newmarket Stakes over ten furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse. He went off at odds of 10/1 and was regarded as the stable's second string behind the more highly regarded Waldkonig. After tracking the leaders in the early stages, Egan sent his mount into the lead three furlongs from the finish and Mishriff quickly opened up a clear advantage to win by four lengths from Volkan Star. After the race Gosden commented "It is rather what I expected really. Mishriff had a run in Saudi Arabia and was a fitter horse. He enjoyed the ground and the trip, the track is perfect and he has been training well at home". On 5 July Mishriff was sent to France and started at odds of 7.5/1 for the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club over 2000 metres at Chantilly Racecourse. Owing to the quarantine restrictions, which meant that Egan would have been required to self-isolate after returning to Britain, Gosden opted to employ the locally based jockey Ioritz Mendizabal who had previously won the race on Vision d'Etat in 2008. The other fifteen runners included Victor Ludorum, Gold Trip (Prix Greffulhe), Pao Alto (Prix La Force), The Summit (Prix de Fontainebleau), Ecrivain (Prix des Chênes), Chachnak (Prix de Guiche), Ocean Antlantique (Prix de Suresnes), Pisanello (Prix Omnium II) and Fort Myers (Star Appeal Stakes). After racing just behind the leaders Mishriff was switched to the outside to obtain a clear run in the straight. He produced a strong late charge to take the lead in the last 100 metres and won "readily" by one and three quarter lengths from The Summit. Gosden commented "He's got a good attitude and I thought his last 100 meters were his best of the whole race... On pedigree you'd think he'd stay at this trip but he didn't look like he was stopping either" while Mendizabal said "I was told that he carries his head quite low and I just needed to gather him together halfway