PLEASCACH arrived fast and late to win the Darley Yorkshire Oaks at the Welcome To Yorkshire Ebor Festival at York Racecourse.

The Jim Bolger-trained filly hunted down Covert Love, who beat her last time out in the Irish Oaks, to clinch a neck win in the £365,000 Group 1 contest.

Covert Love set the early pace and then sprinted for home as the mile and a half contest wound to a climax.

It looked to be a winning move but, late in the final furlong, the Hugo Palmer-trained filly started to tread water and Pleascach (8-1), under jockey Kevin Manning, dug deep to get in front just before the line.

Manning said: "She battled all the way to the line and she's done it very well. I thought she ran a little bit flat the last day and didn't run up to scratch.

"I thought she was back to her best when I rode her work last week. She goes on various types of ground and is a very talented filly."

Bolger added: "Previously we tried to settle her a little bit and it meant breaking her stride and Kevin decided whatever happened he wasn't going to break her stride today. He gave her a beautiful ride

"We knew she was at the top of her game coming here."

William Haggas’ sensational Ebor Festival continued as he saddled another double on day two.

His utter domination of the DBS Premier Yearling Sales continued when Tasleet (2-1 fav) made it three in a row for the Yorkshireman and Besharah produced a classy display in the Pinsent Masons Lowther Stakes.

Newmarket-based Haggas may have been sweating early in the big sales race as Tasleet looked uncomfortable.

But no one knows how to ride York winners more than the former Malton-based jockey Paul Hanagan.

And the dual champion jockey brought the juvenile home with half a length to spare from Ferryover to land connections a first prize of £147,540.

Asked if he targeted the contest, following the success of Mubtaghaa 12 months ago, Haggas said: “Not really but if you buy one you target it. You try to win the race.”

He added: “I am very pleased. These races are a terrific concept and I am delighted to have done it three years in a row.”

Besharah (11-4) added the Lowther to the Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot when bolting up in the Group 2 contest.

Forcing her way to the front at the furlong marker, she showed a rapid turn of foot to sweep two and a quarter lengths clear of Lumiere with Pat Cosgrave in the saddle.

She was quickly cut to 14-1 for next year’s 1000 Guineas and Haggas said: "She hadn't shown at home that she'd been improving like that and the step up to six furlongs certainly helped her.

"She won easily at Ascot but this was a much tougher race, so I'm surprised how easily she's done it.

"Mark Johnston's horse (Lumiere) had only won a maiden, so we didn't know how good she was, but Easton Angel has been a pretty good guide all season.

"We'll have to go for the Cheveley Park now. Hopefully we can keep her in the same form as now as it is some way off, but we managed it with Rosdhu Queen (won both races in 2012."

Nawton trainer David O’Meara ran eight of the 18 runners in a bid to claim the Clipper Logistics Stakes, but none were even placed as Chil The Kite (20-1) edged out Alfred Hutchinson, owned by Pocklington’s Reg Bond, to the £52,900 first prize.