Royal Ascot in June Give Notice started at odds of 10/1 for the Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup and came home fifth behind Royal Rebel, Vinnie Roe, Wareed and Hatha Anna, beaten four lengths by the winner. In the Goodwood Cup on 1 August he finished second of the nine runners, beaten one and a half lengths by Jardines Lookout. The Lonsdale Cup at York in August saw Give Notice being outpaced in the closing stages and finishing fifth of seven behind Boreas. On 6 October the gelding was sent to France for the Group 1 Prix du Cadran over 4000 metres at Longchamp Racecourse in which he was ridden by Johnny Murtagh and started at odds of 6.2/1 in a fourteen-runner field. The Grand Prix de Deauville winner Polish Summer started favourite while the other runners included Persian Punch, Miraculous (Prix Gladiateur), Cut Quartz (Prix Kergorlay), Ice Dancer (Trigo Stakes), Pushkin (Prix Maurice de Nieuil), Bangalore (Northumberland Plate) and San Sebastian (winner of the race in 2000). Give Notice was not among the early leaders but turned into the straight in fifth place and made rapid progress approaching the last 200 metres. In a closely contested finish, which saw less than four lengths covering the first ten finishers, he won by a head from Pushkin, with Polish Summer, Cut Quartz, Clety, Persian Punch, Soreze, Terrazzo, Tiger Groom and Miraculous close behind. Dunlop said "Johnny said he would cuddle the horse round and challenge in the last two furlongs. I've never heard of "cuddling" a horse before but it worked". Give Notice was later sent to race in Saudi Arabia but had little success, finishing second in a minor event over 2400 metres in November 2004. Pedigree References 1997 racehorse births Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 3-c Godolphin Arabian sire line