Christophe Soumillon
Ask began his third season in the Group Three Gordon Richards Stakes over ten furlongs at Sandown Park Racecourse on 25 April. He started 8/13 favourite and won by half a length from Hattan, who had won the Winter Derby in March. In his next three races, Ask was tried against the best middle-distance horses in Europe. He finished fifth behind Duke of Marmalade in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot, fifth behind the same horse in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in July and sixth behind Zarkava in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp Racecourse on 5 October. Ask was dropped in class for the Group Three St Simon Stakes at Newbury Racecourse three week later. Ridden by Christophe Soumillon he started odds-on favourite but finished last of the seven runners behind Bucellati.