 Racing on dirt for the first time after a two and a half month break, Stravinsky was prominent in the early stages but finished sixth of the fourteen runners, four lengths behind Artax.In the official International Classification of European two-year-old for 1998, Stavinsky was given a rating of 118, five pounds below the Mujahid, making him the seventh best colt of the year.At the 1999 Cartier Racing Awards, Stravinsky was named European Champion Sprinter.