Unraced as a two-year-old, he showed some promise as a three-year-old in 2006, winning one minor race and finishing fourth in the St Leger.
Ask was a bay horse with a white star and snip bred at the Side Hill Stud in Newmarket by his owner the 11th Duke of Devonshire.
[3] She was a granddaughter of the Queen's outstanding racemare Highclere, who won the 1000 Guineas and the Prix de Diane in 1974 and whose other descendant include Nashwan, Unfuwain and Deep Impact.
Later that month he started 2/9 favourite in an eight-runner field for a similar event over one and a half miles at Chepstow Racecourse and won easily by seven lengths.
On his final appearance of the year, Ask was stepped up sharply in class and started a 16/1 outsider for the Classic St Leger at Doncaster Racecourse on 9 September.
He raced just behind the leaders for most of the way and stayed on in the straight to finish fourth of the eleven runners, three and a half lengths behind the winner Sixties Icon.
On his first appearance as a four-year-old, Ask started 5/2 second favourite behind the 2005 St Leger winner Scorpion in the Group 3 Ormonde Stakes over thirteen and a half furlongs at Chester Racecourse on 11 May.
After being held up in the early stages and turning into the straight he produced a strong late run but failed by a short head to overhaul the American gelding Cloudy's Knight.
Moore restrained the horse in the first half of the race before making steady progress and taking the lead approaching the last quarter mile.
His opponents included Youmzain (the 2/1 favourite), Look Here, Duncan, Frozen Fire, Eastern Anthem (Dubai Sheema Classic) and Buccelati.
"[12] On 25 July at Ascot, Ask (ridden by Olivier Peslier) ran for the second time in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
In the closing stages Ask steadily reeled in the German horse, taking the lead 100 metres from the finish and winning by one and a half lengths.