On Friday 29 April 1898 Nun Nicer contested the 85th edition of the 1000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket and started the 11/2 joint-favourite alongside St Ia. The best fancied of the other thirteen runners were Airosa, Lowood and Ayah.
Ridden by Sam Loates she was restrained towards the rear of the field as her stablemate Royal Footstep contested the early lead with St Ia. Entering the last quarter mile Nun Nicer moved up into third place behind Airs and Graces and Alt Mark who were racing on opposite sides of the course.
She took the lead inside the final furlong and won by a length from Airs and Graces with Alt Mark three-quarters of a length back in third.

At Epsom Racecourse on 27 May, with Loates again in the saddle, Nun Nicer started even-money favourite for the Oaks Stakes.
After tracking the leaders she moved into second place in the straight but could make no further progress and finished runner-up, beaten three lengths by Airs and Graces.
At Royal Ascot in June Nun Nicer finished second to Lowood in the Coronation Stakes, conceding 13 pounds to the winner, and coming home a length and a half clear of Airs and Graces in third.
Two days later at the same meeting she started at odds of 2/1 in a three-runner field for the Triennial Stakes over seven and a half furlongs.
Ridden by Charles Wood and carrying top weight of 129 pounds, she took the lead in the straight and drew away to win by three lengths from the colt Greenan.
Nun Nicer was back in action a week later when she finished third to the colt Addendum in the Foal Stakes over one mile at Sandown Park, conceding eleven pounds to the winner.
At Lingfield Park on 9 July the filly started the 7/4 favourite for the £1,175 Imperial Stakes over one mile but after taking the lead in the straight she was overtaken in the closing stages and finished fourth behind Schonberg, Bend Sinister and Lowood.

On 2 September at Sandown Nun Nicer started at the unusual odds of 1/50 for the September Stakes over one mile and won "in a canter" by two lengths from Simon Pure, her only opponent.
Three weeks later the filly started 2/7 favourite for the £1,084 Palatine Plate at Manchester and won very easily having "sailed to the front" in the straight.
On 26 October Nun Nicer carried a weight of 102 pounds in the Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket, but after disputing the lead approaching the final furlong she dropped out of contention and finished tenth behind the six-year-old mare Georgic.

Nun Nicer's earnings for the year totaled £7,025.
On Friday 29 April 1898 Nun Nicer contested the 85th edition of the 1000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket and started the 11/2 joint-favourite alongside St Ia. The best fancied of the other thirteen runners were Airosa, Lowood and Ayah. Ridden by Sam Loates she was restrained towards the rear of the field as her stablemate Royal Footstep contested the early lead with St Ia. Entering the last quarter mile Nun Nicer moved up into third place behind Airs and Graces and Alt Mark who were racing on opposite sides of the course. She took the lead inside the final furlong and won by a length from Airs and Graces with Alt Mark three-quarters of a length back in third.
At Epsom Racecourse on 27 May, with Loates again in the saddle, Nun Nicer started even-money favourite for the Oaks Stakes. After tracking the leaders she moved into second place in the straight but could make no further progress and finished runner-up, beaten three lengths by Airs and Graces. At Royal Ascot in June Nun Nicer finished second to Lowood in the Coronation Stakes, conceding 13 pounds to the winner, and coming home a length and a half clear of Airs and Graces in third. Two days later at the same meeting she started at odds of 2/1 in a three-runner field for the Triennial Stakes over seven and a half furlongs. Ridden by Charles Wood and carrying top weight of 129 pounds, she took the lead in the straight and drew away to win by three lengths from the colt Greenan. Nun Nicer was back in action a week later when she finished third to the colt Addendum in the Foal Stakes over one mile at Sandown Park, conceding eleven pounds to the winner. At Lingfield Park on 9 July the filly started the 7/4 favourite for the £1,175 Imperial Stakes over one mile but after taking the lead in the straight she was overtaken in the closing stages and finished fourth behind Schonberg, Bend Sinister and Lowood.
On 2 September at Sandown Nun Nicer started at the unusual odds of 1/50 for the September Stakes over one mile and won "in a canter" by two lengths from Simon Pure, her only opponent. Three weeks later the filly started 2/7 favourite for the £1,084 Palatine Plate at Manchester and won very easily having "sailed to the front" in the straight. On 26 October Nun Nicer carried a weight of 102 pounds in the Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket, but after disputing the lead approaching the final furlong she dropped out of contention and finished tenth behind the six-year-old mare Georgic.
Nun Nicer's earnings for the year totaled £7,025.
Nun Nicer