 In the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot the colt set the pace as usual but after being headed in the straight he dropped back quickly and came home ninth of the ten runners behind Without Parole.On 14 July U S Navy Flag was dropped back to sprint distances to contest the July Cup over six furlongs at Newmarket and started at odds of 8/1 in a thirteen-runner field.Blue Point started favourite while the other contenders included Eqtidaar, Limato, Sands of Mali, Sioux Nation, Redkirk Warrior (Newmarket Handicap) and Brando (Prix Maurice de Gheest).