held up in rear, steady headway on wide outside over 2f out, went 3rd 1f out, soon challenging, ran on well to lead final 50 yards
held up, switched right to outer and headway over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden and ran on to lead inside final furlong, not quicken and headed final 50 yards
chased leader to 2f out, weakened rapidly, soon heavily eased, tailed off
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon no extra
in touch, pushed along 3f out, weakened and hung left 2f out, eased over 1f out
behind, switched right to outer 3f out, effort and hung left 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, went 2nd 2f out until ridden over 1f out, weakened
A poor contest to conclude the card and ITSHER is a confident choice to defy a 6lb penalty, while Halaak can chase her home. The selection romped home over four lengths clear here when running over 6f last time, and looked to have plenty in hand. The drop back in trip is not ideal given pedigree, but with nothing else in such good form she is very likely to have enough speed to go in again. Halaak has won over both this trip and 6f on the fibresand, but not yet done so in four starts on turf. David Simcock's filly looks in need of a drop in the weights before winning again and will find it tough against an in-form rival. Bees River remains a maiden after 13 starts and has not shown enough yet to convince she can win today, though money for her would make her more interesting. Pressed For Time has at least won twice at similar trips to this, though she has been out of sorts lately. Eddie Creighton will hope that first-time blinkers can bring her back to form but on balance we will oppose her with Itsher, who can win again.
Itsher 5-2fav (8-8) Prominent, came stand side alone halfway, overall leader 2f out, soon clear, comfortable, won at Brighton 6f (6) fm in Jun beating Namu (9-5) by 4 1/2l, 12 ran.
Halaak (USA) 11-2 (8-9) Held up, ridden and headway 1f out, stayed on to take 3rd final strides, 3rd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Red Rosanna (9-5) at Newmarket 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.
Pressed For Time (IRE) 22-1 (8-8) Led 1f, chased leader until hung left well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 5l behind Bertbrand (9-0) at Wolverhampton 5f sell stks (6) pol in Jun.
Bees River (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Led over 2f, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 8l behind Sarasota Sunshine (9-4) at Warwick 6f 3yo fll hcp 0-65 (6) gs in Jun.
Agnes Love 10-1 (8-4) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened and eased, last of 8, 13l behind Sands Crooner (9-13) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.
Equinity 14-1 (8-7) Went left start, slightly hampered, chased leader to over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 24l behind Lujeanie (9-5) at Kempton 6f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jun.
Thumberlina 25-1 (8-6) Chased leaders far side group, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 16, 8l behind Baby Queen (8-11) at Nottingham 5f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gd in May.
