 He won his only start that year then won the Newmarket Stakes in his first start in 2000.Making just his third career start, Beat Hollow finished third to Sinndar and Sakhee in the 1½-mile Epsom Derby.He then won the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, a race which at that time was run at distance of 2,000 metres (1¼ miles).