Ask excels in Yorkshire Cup romp

ASK provided Michael Stoute with his second success in the Emirates Airline Yorkshire Cup as the 2-1 favourite landed a significant blow for punters on the final afternoon of York’s three-day May meeting.

Seventeen years on from Rock Hopper’s victory, Stoute struck again in the Group Two stayers’ event as Ryan Moore forged clear in the murky conditions to strike by six lengths.

The six-year-old’s win initiated what could be a momentous double for owner Pat Fahey, whose Soul City is due to take in the Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh next weekend.