 Her break wasn't good and we had to race further back than we had hoped but the pace was fast which worked for us and she gave a terrific run in the stretch".On her final run of the year Deirdre ended her season in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto in November in which she was matched against older fillies and mare.She made some late progress but never looked likely to win and came home twelfth of the eighteen runners behind Mozu Katchan.