Royal Ascot 2017 – Atty Persse wins the King George V Stakes at Ascot
Atty Persse ran out an impressive winner of the King George V Stakes as he left the field trailing behind him in the last race on day three of the Royal meeting
ATTY PERSSE chalked up another landmark for Frankel as he became the stallion's first Royal Ascot winner in the King George V Stakes.
The star racehorse turned super-sire was twice a winner at the Royal meeting himself and Atty Persse followed in his hoofprints under a smart ride from 3lb claimer Kieran Shoemark.
He was quick to break from stall 22 and managed to tack across to the rail, allowing Atty Persse to settle on the heels of Never Surrender.
Shoemark gave the signal two furlongs out, with the colt smoothly assuming the lead before striding on to lead home a one-two for Godolphin with First Nation second.
Bear Valley was third with Drochaid fourth.
Shoemark said: "This really is what dreams are made of. This horse is all guts. He travels so well and he's got such great character.
"He's done nothing wrong since he started his racing and I think he's won quite easy. It's fantastic."
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"At home he does very little work, but he's got plenty of ability and I'm sure there's plenty more to come."
Charlton said: "We've had Frankel's first stakes winner (Fair Eva) and now we've had Frankel's first Royal Ascot winner, which is really good.
"They're all different, but they're very good-moving horses."