25 Abr. GB. Bet365 Gordon Richards S. G3. Sandown Park. 10f. Turf. 50.000 £
1.- ASK (R.Moore)
2.- HATTAN (S.Sanders)
3.- PHILATELIST (N.Callan)

ASK'S campaign towards Group 1 honours began rewardingly yesterday, when he registered his third win in four starts for owner Patrick Fahey to end a sequence of reverses for trainer Sir Michael Stoute in the Bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes.

Notnowcato and Quiff were among five Stoute-trained runners to be defeated in the last three runnings of the Group 3 race, yet despite a drop back in distance for a contest that featured little early pace, Ask responded to every question put to him by Ryan Moore in the last three furlongs of the 1m2f race to repel Hattan by half a length.

Ask, beaten a nose in the Canadian International last year, has multiple Group 1 entries and received quotes of 12-1 for the Prince of Wales's Stakes and 16-1 for the Eclipse from Coral. But the Tattersalls Gold Cup, won last year by Notnowcato, could be considered for his next start.

"Mr Fahey has quite a good strikerate," said Stoute's partner Coral Pritchard-Gordon.
"The trip was a little on the short side, but Ask dug deep and we wouldn't be frightened to go over the trip again in a truer-run race."