Horse Details

Friends Don't Ask (GB)

30 Runs 4 Wins (13.3%) 6 Places (20.0%)
Owner: Robert P Clarke Silks Robert P Clarke Trainer: Clare Ellam
9 years old b GB
Sire: Champs Elysees (GB)
Dam: Kintyre (GB)
Damsire: Selkirk
Past Runs (30 Total)
Date/Time Course Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
04/11/25
15:32 		Warwick 3m1½f Ben Poste Clare Ellam 0 6:41.49 0 91 11-5 40/1
(op 28/1)
05/10/25
17:10 		Uttoxeter 3m Brendan Powell Clare Ellam 99 - - 93 11-7 28/1
Prominent - lost position 6th - dropped to midfield 8th - weakened 13th - pulled up before 14th(op 25/1)
26/07/24
17:35 		Uttoxeter 3m2f Nick Scholfield Clare Ellam 99 6:38.09 0 89 11-3 16/1
Jumped slightly right throughout - pressed leaders - led 2nd - faced challenge 3 out (usual 4 out) - went clear again approaching last - gamely - finished 1st - disqualified - banned substance(op 14/1)
05/07/24
16:35 		Newton Abbot 3m2f Brendan Powell Clare Ellam 7 6:50.32 8.5 93 11-9 12/1
Midfield - disputing third after 9th - weakened gradually from 16th - tailed off(op 10/1)
28/06/24
17:40 		Bangor-on-Dee 3m Brendan Powell Clare Ellam 5 6:8.71 8.5 93 10-11 22/1
Prominent - led narrowly or disputed lead from 4th - led clearly 5 out - headed 4 out - weakened after 3 out(op 18/1 tchd 16/1)
06/06/24
16:50 		Uttoxeter 3m Brendan Powell Clare Ellam 6 6:4.52 1 95 11-9 50/1
In touch with leaders - headway and briefly led before 11th - prominent when outpaced before 4 out - kept on but no impression from 2 out(op 40/1 tchd 66/1)
26/05/24
16:25 		Fontwell 3m2f Brendan Powell Clare Ellam 3rd 6:50.13 34 95 12-0 40/1
Disputed lead - led narrowly from 4th - headed and lost position before 4 out - lost ground quickly and struggling before 3 out - went remote third run-in - tailed off(op 25/1)
08/05/24
19:10 		Fontwell 3m2f Ben Poste Clare Ellam 10 7:5.90 25 100 12-0 150/1
Disputed lead - prominent before 4 out - led but pestered from 7th - headed 14th - lost ground after 15th - soon struggling(op 66/1)
22/01/24
15:40 		Warwick 3m1½f Charlie Deutsch Clare Ellam 99 - - 107 11-11 125/1
Never going well - detached throughout - pulled up 12th(op 66/1 tchd 100/1)
17/01/24
12:30 		Southwell 3m½f Jack G Gilligan Clare Ellam 99 - - 107 10-13 80/1
Led - jumped right 7th - headed 13th - soon lost position - weakened and lost touch 15th - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out(op 66/1)
21/03/22
15:40 		Plumpton 3m1½f James Bowen Martin Smith 4 6:38.43 32 114 11-0 5/1
Disputed lead - led clearly 3rd - pushed along and headed 5 out - ridden and weakened after 3 out(tchd 11/2)
12/11/21
14:55 		Cheltenham 3m6f Jack Quinlan Martin Smith 99 - - 135 10-0 50/1
In touch with leaders - slow jump 10th - lost position gradually from 11th - struggling 14th - tailed off when pulled up 23rd (vet said gelding had lost his right hind shoe)(tchd 40/1)
14/10/21
14:55 		Wincanton 3m1f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 99 - - 115 11-2 9/4F
Towards rear - mistake and reminders 7th - brief headway 9th - ridden and lost position 11th - dropped to rear 15th - slow jump and lost touch 17th - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the gelding's apparent poor performance other than the jockey reported that the gelding was never travelling on this occasion; vet reported that a post-race examination of the gelding - during routine testing - failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 5/2)
08/09/21
15:40 		Uttoxeter 3m2f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 1st 6:44.80 Won 110 10-11 11/2
Close up - led after 4th - 2 lengths ahead 4 out - good jump 3 out - pushed along before 2 out - ridden run-in - comfortably(op 5/1)
25/07/21
14:50 		Uttoxeter 3m2f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 4 6:45.30 3.25 111 10-2 11/2
Midfield - headway from 10th - tracked leaders 13th - left in second 16th - ridden after 4 out - lost second 2 out - soon no extra(tchd 5/1)
02/07/21
16:50 		Newton Abbot 3m2f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 1st 6:23.49 Won 105 11-3 7/2
Made virtually all - jumped right and mistake 9th - awkward jump and headed and chased leader 10th - led again 11th - pushed along and 5 lengths ahead before 2 out - kept on well and eased towards finish
30/05/21
15:35 		Fontwell 3m2f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 2nd 6:28.55 3.75 102 11-9 9/2
Close up - ridden and made challenge before 3 out - every chance approaching last - outpaced run-in - held final 110yds(tchd 4/1)
04/05/21
16:25 		Fakenham 3m5f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 3rd 7:59.42 0.3 102 10-5 6/1
Prominent - pushed along after 3 out (usual 4 out) - reminders before 2 out - ridden and stayed on after 2 out - kept on(op 11/2)
29/03/21
14:10 		Fontwell 3m2f Jack Quinlan Martin Smith 1st 6:40.15 Won 97 11-12 11/4F
Prominent - chased leader 8th - lost second 10th - went second again 13th - briefly disputed lead 15th - led 3 out - ridden and edged left before 2 out - soon went clear - 4 lengths ahead last - reduced lead and hard ridden final 110yds - stayed on (vet said gelding was found to be wealed)(tchd 5/2 and tchd 3/1)
27/02/21
15:15 		Newcastle 4m1½f Max Kendrick Martin Smith 99 - - 124 9-11 66/1
Towards rear - mistake 7th - struggling when hampered by faller 18th - behind 19th - pulled up before 20th(op 50/1)
30/11/20
14:20 		Fakenham 3m5f Jack Quinlan Martin Smith 1st 8:14.38 Won 92 10-8 9/1
Chased leaders - left in third after 6th - disputing second from 8th - good jump and led 3 out - ridden approaching last - kept on strongly and went clear run-in(op 7/1)
01/11/20
15:58 		Huntingdon 2m7½f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 5 6:35.60 22 94 11-7 15/2
Always towards rear - slow jump 4th - struggling 16th - got behind after 3 out(tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1)
07/10/20
16:00 		Sedgefield 3m2½f Tom Scudamore Martin Smith 3rd 6:40.15 1.75 95 11-12 7/2
Jumped right throughout - towards rear - steady headway and prominent 13th - went third 4 out - ridden and outpaced 3 out - rallied before last - no match for first two(tchd 9/2)
18/08/20
14:15 		Fontwell 3m2f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 3rd 6:49.33 3 96 10-7 15/2
Tracked leaders - 2 lengths third and going okay before 3 out - ridden when jumped right 2 out - soon held (vet said gelding had a wound on its left fore pastern)(op 8/1 tchd 13/2)
30/07/20
12:00 		Southwell 3m½f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 5 6:15.75 .5 100 11-7 20/1
Held up in rear - mistake and outpaced 14th - ridden and rallied home turn - mistake 2 out (usual 3 out) - soon outpaced - weakened omitted 2 out(op 18/1)
06/07/20
14:30 		Uttoxeter 2m4f Nick Scholfield Martin Smith 7 4:51.75 3.75 – 11-0 16/1
Led - briefly headed before 3rd - joined 5th - ridden and headed after 3 out - soon weakened - tailed off(op 18/1)
23/01/20
15:45 		Fakenham 2m7½f Jamie Moore Martin Smith 4 6:18.39 18 – 10-12 25/1
Took keen hold - tracked leader - mistake 3 out - soon ridden - weakened after 2 out(op 20/1)
20/12/19
13:20 		Ascot 2m5½f Eoin Walsh Martin Smith 11 5:54.51 14 – 11-0 50/1
Not fluent - took keen hold - held up in rear - lost touch 3 out - tailed off (trainer said gelding was unsuited by the going and would prefer a quicker surface; vet said that the gelding had an overreach and lost its right fore shoe)(op 40/1)
10/10/19
15:20 		Worcester 2m Leighton Aspell Martin Smith 3rd 3:53.23 .75 – 10-12 16/1
Held up - ridden over 4f out - switched left and headway over 1f out - ran on - not reach leaders(op 25/1)
16/07/19
21:00 		Southwell 1m7½f Leighton Aspell Martin Smith 5 3:50.45 1 – 11-0 16/1
Chased leaders - effort 4 out - went 2nd 3f out - ran green - every chance 2f out - unable to quicken and lost 2nd over 1f out - no extra final furlong(tchd 18/1)