 In the following year he was returned to Newmarket for the Open Yearling Sale and was bought for 24,000 guineas by representatives of the British businessman Robert Sangster.The colt was sent into training with Barry Hills at Lambourn in Berkshire.On his racecourse debut Gallic League contested a five furlong maiden race at Newmarket Racecourse in April and finished second to the William Jarvis-trained Colmore Row.