The Roger Charlton-trained 7/1 shot Atty Persse, provided his sire Frankel with a first winner at Royal Ascot and owners Godolphin with their fifth victory of the week, following an impressive success in Thursday's concluding race, the King George V Handicap.

Ridden by apprentice jockey Kieran Shoemark, the talented three-year-old found plenty for pressure in the closing stages to register a three-length victory in the 12-furlong event.

Charlie Appleby's First Nation (8/1), also owned by Godolphin, held on to take second, with Mark Johnston's Bear Valley (20/1) a head behind in third. There was a further neck back to Andrew Balding's Drochaid (14/1) in fourth.

A delighted Charlton, registering his 10th victory at the Royal meeting, said: "They went very quick and you had to think whether he would have the petrol left to keep going, but he had lots left. He stayed on really well - stamina is a strong thing with this horse.

"He ran well at Haydock last time [finished second] but they quickened from the front that day and never really got there.

"They didn't go much of a pace that day and clearly, what we have seen today is a horse that stays a mile and a half really well.

"The handicapper put him up after Haydock, so they didn't think it was a bad performance, even if everyone else was disappointed. It was a good effort today and where we go next, we will see.

"I had Frankel's first Stakes winner [Fair Eva] and now I have had his first Royal Ascot winner.

Atty Persse is very easy to train. For a little horse, he has a very long stride.

"The jockey [Kieran Shoemark] is good. You have to have trust and faith in people and he is a good rider, I am lucky to have him."

Shoemark said: "He made my job easy today. He had lots of early speed. They went a level gallop the whole way and I was actually really surprised how much he quickened up with three furlongs to go.

"It probably shows he will get a mile and six furlongs in time; he's obviously by Frankel but I think he will like the staying trips in time. I think having the cheek-pieces on first time today helped me a lot; they gave me the early speed and he was switched on and ready to race.

"I think he can step up to Pattern company - he's done this pretty easily. His work's always good at home; he always saves a little bit, never does too much and you are never sure quite where you are with him at home, but today he's proved he's a nice horse. Look, he's won by three lengths - you can't ask much more than that here at Ascot.

Charlie Appleby and Mark Johnston, trainers of the second and third-placed horses in the King George Handicap, were delighted with the performances.

Appleby, trainer of the second-placed 8/1 chance First Nation, who was beaten three lengths by Atty Persse, said: "The winner got a great ride round there, kicked for home and put some lengths between us. We were never going to beat the winner, but First Nation galloped all the way to the line and we are delighted with that."

"He's run a great race," said Mark Johnston, trainer of the third-placed Bear Valley, a head behind the second, owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum and sent off a 20/1 shot. "Last year we took him to the G2 seven-furlong Acomb Stakes, we thought he was a serious, serious horse. He flopped there and flopped thereafter.

"He was just losing his races in the preliminaries. So we've gelded him and we've stepped him up in trip. Looking at him - size and physically - you could imagine him being a six or seven furlong horse, but he is by Manduro and the pedigree said that he wants a minimum of a mile and a quarter.

"There was some talk of selling him at one stage, but we said you can't do that. He was a top class two-year-old and we were hopeful we could get that back - when you see ability early in their life you have to work to get it back. Hopefully, now we've got the sparkle back and we can move forwards.

"We were slightly disadvantaged by being jammed on the rail ¬- he could have done with some daylight at many places in the race so that he had time to be wound up and possibly a longer straight would have helped too."

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