soon raced in 4th, pushed along over 2f out,
slowly into stride and detached in rear, some headway straight, pushed along on outer from 2f out, soon one pace
led early, soon raced in 2nd, pushed along over 2f out, led again over 1f out, strongly pressed and kept on well inside final furlong, headed at line
soon raced in 3rd, pushed along over 2f out,
soon led, pushed along over 2f out, headed over 1f out,
soon raced in 5th, pushed along over 2f out and headway, stayed on well inside final furlong to lead at line
Raven's Cry is the only one of these fillies with a recent run and she looked as though a longer trip would suit on her reappearance in a Naas Group 3 over a mile. Auxilia started off with a 3 length second to the more experienced One Voice at Leopardstown then won very easily at Naas before a very close third in a Listed race at the Curragh. She'll need to improve again to get past the winner, who should be ideally suited by this trip. Her stable is also represented by the unbeaten Silence Please though she only scrambled home in a Cork nursery after her Gowran maiden success. Passion finished a long way behind YAXENI on her debut at Cork but showed the benefit with an easy victory there next time and a fair run in the Group 2 May Hill at Doncaster. The winner didn't run again but has a nice middle-distance pedigree and is taken to make a successful reappearance.
Auxilia (IRE) 5-2 (9-0) Led and disputed briefly, chased leaders after 1f, 4th halfway, ridden to challenge 2f out, disputed 1 1/2f out, narrowly headed 1f out, kept on, held close home, 3rd of 7, 1/2l behind Fancy Blue (9-0) at Curragh 1m lst fll stks (1) sft in Oct.
Epona Plays (IRE) 11-1 (9-0) Dwelt, raced in rear, 12th halfway, progress on outer 2 1/2f out, headway to 5th under 1f out, ridden and ran on well to 3rd closing stages, nearest finish, 3rd of 14, 2 1/4l behind Amma Grace (9-0) at Leopardstown 1m mdn fll sft in Oct.
One Voice (IRE) 2-1fav (9-0) Broke well to lead narrowly, made all, pushed along and asserted 1 1/2f out, clear 1f out, eased closing stages, impressive, won at Leopardstown 7f mdn fll gd in Jul beating Auxilia (9-0) by 3l, 14 ran.
Passion (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, soon one pace, no impression when not much room 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 6 1/2l behind Powerful Breeze (9-0) at Doncaster 1m Grp 2 fll stks (1) gf in Sep.
Raven's Cry (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Soon raced in 4th, pushed along into straight, no extra and one pace inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Lemista (8-11) at Naas 1m Grp 3 fll stks (1) Soft - Heavy in Mar.
Silence Please (IRE) 5-2 (9-7) Prominent, pushed along in 3rd 2f out, ridden and closed 1f out, kept on strongly final 100 yards to lead close home, won at Cork 7f hcp gd in Sep beating Windham Belle (8-13) by nk, 7 ran.
Yaxeni (FR) 12-1 (9-0) Soon tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, led over 1f out, strongly pressed and stayed on well inside final furlong, won at Cork 1m mdn fll Yielding - Soft in Aug beating Unknown Pleasures (9-0) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
