30 May the gelding was ridden by Adrian Nicholls (the son of his trainer) when he started the 13/2 fourth choice in the betting for a minor event over seven furlongs. In a tightly contested finish the gelding gained the advantage in the closing stages and won by a neck and a head from Mia's Boy and Court Masterpiece. In June he contested his first Group 1 race and came home ninth behind Art Connoisseur in the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. On 11 July, with Nicholls again in the saddle, he started 11/4 second favourite for the Listed City Plate over seven furlongs at Chester Racecourse. After tracking the leaders he took the lead inside the final furlong and held on under pressure to win by half a length from the favoured Balthazaar's Gift. In his next two races Regal Parade finished third to Finjaan in the Lennox Stakes at Goodwood and second to Balthazaar's Gift in the Hungerford Stakes at Newbury. On 5 September the gelding started at odds of 14/1 for the Group 1 Haydock Sprint Cup in which he was again ridden by Nicholls. Fleeting Spirit started favourite while the other twelve runners included Finjaan, Asset, Art Connoisseur, High Standing (Wokingham Stakes), Main Aim (John of Gaunt Stakes), Equiano, Bushranger and the South African challenger J J The Jet Plane. After being restrained in the early stages he was switched left in the last quarter mile, overtook Fleeting Spirit 100 yards from the finish and won by half a length. Adrian Nicholls commented "I would have preferred to be a bit handier as the race was developing, but they went a good gallop. Ideally, I wanted to follow Fleeting Spirit, but I got taken back a place or two. At halfway, I gave him a little dig and he has come good. I thought I would keep it uncomplicated. I switched him out and once I did I was confident I was going to get the filly. All credit to Dad – I just do the pointing and the steering". 2010: six-year-old season In March 2010 Regal Parade was sent to the United Arab Emirates to contest the Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan Racecourse in which he finished last of the ten runners behind Kinsale King. On his return to Europe he ran unplaced behind Starspangledbanner in the Golden Jubilee Stakes. In the Hackwood Stakes