held up, outpaced 4f out, rallied over 1f out, no chance with winner over 1f out, plugged on into 3rd inside final furlong
led, headed over 2f out, no chance with winner from over 1f out, plugged on
held up in rear, headway 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader until 12f out, pushed along over 3f out, no chance with winner over 1f out
tracked leaders, went 2nd 12f out, led over 2f out, quickened clear over 1f out, impressive
held up, ridden over 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, no chance with winner, lost 3rd and weakened inside final furlong
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Litigious started off with victories here and at Chester, both on soft ground, before defeats in two handicaps at this level. Monica Sherrif landed a novices' contest on heavy going at Haydock and hasn't had much to do to complete a hat-trick. This is tougher but she's still improving while NETTE ROUSSE looked a true stayer when scoring over 1m4f at Leicester. The latter still looks on a fair mark despite a 5lb rise but Specialise has never run beyond 1m2f. I'll Have Another is the only distance winner in the line-up and she could provide the main threat.
Lorelina 12-1 (9-7) Prominent until pushed along and weakened well over 1f out, 7th of 10, 11 1/4l behind Eddystone Rock (9-6) at Ascot 2m hcp (2) gd in Aug.
I'll Have Another (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Led, headed when ridden over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Apparate (8-8) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp stks (2) gf in Sep.
Litigious 6-4fav (8-13) Led, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Maybe Today (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp fll (2) gf in Sep.
Dono Di Dio 14-1 (9-9) Slowly into stride, soon in touch, headway on inside 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, no extra in 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 3 1/2l behind El Misk (9-6) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Monica Sheriff 1-2fav (9-5) Chased leader, challenged over 4f out, led 3f out, hard pressed over 1f out, found more and in command final 100 yards, won at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp fll (4) pol in Aug beating First Dance (8-9) by 1 1/4l, 4 ran.
Nette Rousse (GER) 3-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Leicester 1m 4f hcp fll (4) gs in Aug beating Queen Constantine (9-1) by 2 1/4l, 7 ran.
Specialise 13-8 (8-9) Tracked leading pair, headway on outside over 2f out, went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 4, 2l behind Illumined (8-7) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp fll (2) sft in Sep.