 He took the lead two furlongs out and opened up a clear lead but was caught in the final strides and beaten a neck by Adilabad.At the end of the year Summoner was bought by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin organisation and was transferred to the training stable of Saeed bin Suroor.On his first run as a four-year-old Summoner was tried over ten furlongs for the first time in a minor race at Doncaster on 9 June.