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Ben is a top class rider and gave her a peach of a ride,. We fancied her strongly in Ascot but she probably could have done with one more run before that. She wasn't ready for that quick race. We knew coming here today that she's a filly that shows plenty of pace. We had a hood on her before because she's keen but the pace of the race was always going to help her settle today. Ben delivered her to perfection. In the sprints in Ireland sometimes they go slow, even in a sprint, and this one has bags of pace and needs pace on in front of her. When she relaxes she's got that turn of foot at the end. It didn't work in Ascot but today was always the next stepping stone, although I know it was a big step up. I saw her at 25/1 this morning and there were horses much shorter in the betting that she had beaten before. I thought she had a chance but it needed to work out like this and it worked out to perfection. She's a huge filly and what she did at two is probably a bonus. She won her maiden and a listed race. She was always going to be better at three. She's learning how to sprint and we're going to be brave with her now for the rest of the season. She's won a Group 2 so it's Group 1s all the way now. J P Murtagh, trainer

For three years old and upwards
Weights - 3-y-o 9st 5lbs 4-y-o and up 9st 9lbs Fillies allowed 3lbs
Penalties - (to count from 1st November, 2021) Winner of a Group 1 race 3lb extra