Friends Don't Ask (GB)
Owner: Mr Robert P Clarke Trainer: C Ellam Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Champs Elysees / Kintyre (Selkirk)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 3 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Oct 2025 | Uttoxeter | Good | 3m 10y | 5 | Faitque De L'Isle | 11st 7lbs | PulledUp of 10 | Brendan Powell | 28/1 |
| chased clear leaders, lost position 10th, pushed along 12th, behind when pulled up before 14th | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2024 | Uttoxeter | Good | 3m 2f 13y | 5 | Friends Don't Ask | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 12 | Nick Scholfield | 16/1 |
| led, briefly headed before 7th, pressed for lead 3 out, soon ridden, led narrowly 2 out, kept on approaching last, stayed on run-in, gamely | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2024 | Newton Abbot | Good | 3m 1f 170y | 5 | Hold Your Fort | 11st 9lbs | 7 of 10 | Brendan Powell | 12/1 |
| prominent, outpaced from 3 out, gradually weakened | |||||||||
| 28 Jun 2024 | Bangor-on-Dee | Good | 3m 30y | 4 | Exmoor Forest | 10st 11lbs | 5 of 9 | Brendan Powell | 22/1 |
| prominent, disputed lead 7th, led outright before 11th, headed 12th, chased leader 3 out, soon ridden and lost position, weakened before last | |||||||||
| 06 Jun 2024 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3m | 5 | Phil De Pail | 11st 9lbs | 6 of 13 | Brendan Powell | 50/1 |
| chased leaders, went 2nd at 10th, pushed along after 5 out, ridden and no extra from 2 out | |||||||||
| 26 May 2024 | Fontwell | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 1f 210y | 5 | Doctor Foley | 12st | 3 of 7 | Brendan Powell | 40/1 |
| led narrowly, not fluent 15th and headed, ridden next and weakened | |||||||||
| 08 May 2024 | Fontwell | Good | 3m 1f 210y | 5 | River Tyne | 12st | 10 of 12 | Nick Scholfield | 150/1 |
| prominent, led after 1st, headed 2nd, not fluent 3rd, led 7th, headed 14th, weakened 4 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Uttoxeter | Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m | 5 | Eclair De Guye | 12st | of 8 | Nick Scholfield | 0/0 |
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| 22 Jan 2024 | Warwick | Soft | 3m 1f 100y | 4 | Head And Heart | 11st 11lbs | PulledUp of 10 | Charlie Deutsch | 125/1 |
| jumped slowly and soon behind, pulled up after 13th | |||||||||
| 17 Jan 2024 | Southwell | Good to Soft | 3m 60y | 4 | Ernest Gray | 11st 6lbs | PulledUp of 6 | J G Gilligan | 80/1 |
| led, jumped slowly 11th, headed 13th, lost place next, soon behind, tailed off and pulled up after 4 out | |||||||||
| 21 Mar 2022 | Plumpton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 1f 152y | 3 | I See You Well | 11st | 4 of 6 | James Bowen | 5/1 |
| led, headed 14th, tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, weakened next | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2021 | Cheltenham | Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 3m 6f 37y | 2 | Back On The Lash | 10st | PulledUp of 13 | J M Quinlan | 50/1 |
| chased leaders, slow 11th, lost place 12th, pulled up before 24th | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2021 | Wincanton | Good to Firm | 3m 1f 30y | 3 | Mr Mafia | 11st 2lbs | PulledUp of 6 | Nick Scholfield | 9/4 |
| chased leaders, hit 7th, struggling in 5th at 15th, soon lost touch, tailed off 17th, pulled up soon after | |||||||||
| 08 Sep 2021 | Uttoxeter | Good | 3m 2f 13y | 3 | Friends Don't Ask | 10st 11lbs | 1 of 6 | Nick Scholfield | 11/2 |
| chased leader, led after 4th, clear before 3 out, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 25 Jul 2021 | Uttoxeter | Good | 3m 2f 13y | 2 | Storm Home | 10st 2lbs | 4 of 9 | Nick Scholfield | 11/2 |
| mid-division on inside, switched right after 7th, closed after next, racing awkwardly briefly after 14th, went 2nd after 16th until after 3 out, soon held, one pace | |||||||||
| 02 Jul 2021 | Newton Abbot | Good | 3m 1f 170y | 4 | Friends Don't Ask | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 9 | Nick Scholfield | 7/2 |
| led, outjumped 10th and headed, led again 11th, driven clear before 2 out, stayed on strongly under pressure from last | |||||||||
| 30 May 2021 | Fontwell | Good to Firm | 3m 1f 210y | 5 | Max Dynamo | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 13 | Nick Scholfield | 9/2 |
| pressed leader, led 2 out, ridden and headed last, stayed on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 04 May 2021 | Fakenham | Good to Soft | 3m 5f 24y | 3 | Game Line | 10st 5lbs | 3 of 14 | Nick Scholfield | 6/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden after 19th, one pace and beaten 2 out, went 3rd before last | |||||||||
| 29 Mar 2021 | Fontwell | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 3m 1f 210y | 5 | Friends Don't Ask | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | J M Quinlan | 11/4 |
| prominent, joined leader travelling well 4 out, pushed along before 3 out, led 3 out, ridden and edged left 2 out, went clear approaching last, reduced lead final 100yds, kept on | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2021 | Newcastle | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 4m 1f 56y | 2 | Sam's Adventure | 10st | PulledUp of 12 | Max Kendrick | 66/1 |
| mistakes, always in rear, pulled up before 20th | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2020 | Fakenham | Soft | 3m 5f 24y | 4 | Friends Don't Ask | 10st 8lbs | 1 of 8 | J M Quinlan | 9/1 |
| close up, tracked leaders 7th, led 4 out, joined next, ridden and asserted flat | |||||||||
| 01 Nov 2020 | Huntingdon | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 129y | 5 | Mr Palmtree | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 9 | Nick Scholfield | 15/2 |
| held up, jumped slowly and behind 5th, reminder after 11th, plugged on | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 2020 | Sedgefield | Good | 3m 2f 59y | 5 | The Late Legend | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 11 | T Scudamore | 7/2 |
| held up off the pace towards rear, good headway chasing leaders 12th, went 3rd and stayed on same pace from 4 out | |||||||||
| 18 Aug 2020 | Fontwell | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3m 1f 210y | 4 | Easyrun De Vassy | 10st 7lbs | 3 of 5 | Nick Scholfield | 15/2 |
| tracked leaders, in touch approaching 3 out where slow, soon outpaced by front pair, stayed on one pace after last | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2020 | Southwell | Good | 3m 60y | 4 | Waitonit | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 9 | Nick Scholfield | 20/1 |
| held up towards rear on outside, not fluent and struggling 12th, some headway when mistake 2 out (normal 3 out), no impression | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2020 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 3f 207y | 4 | Balagan | 11st | 7 of 10 | Nick Scholfield | 16/1 |
| led 1st, headed after 2nd, led next, headed 4th, not fluent 5th, led after 4 out, headed next, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 23 Jan 2020 | Fakenham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 7f 95y | 3 | Oscar Academy | 10st 12lbs | 4 of 6 | J E Moore | 25/1 |
| chased leader, mistake 3 out, lost 2nd after 2 out, no extra approaching last | |||||||||
| 20 Dec 2019 | Ascot | Heavy | 2m 5f 141y | 3 | Whatsupwithyou | 11st | 11 of 11 | E J Walsh | 50/1 |
| towards rear, slow 1st, ridden 4 out, weakened next, hit last | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2019 | Worcester | Good to Soft (Good in Places) | 2m | 5 | Wayfinder | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 11 | L P Aspell | 16/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway entering straight, soon chasing leaders, hung left from 2f out, kept on in modest 3rd inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Jul 2019 | Southwell | Good | 1m 7f 153y | 5 | Heart Of A Lion | 11st | 5 of 9 | L P Aspell | 16/1 |
| chased leaders, went 2nd 3f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||