Champagne Or Water readily justified 7/4 favouritism when winning the opening Join The Supp Club Fillies Median Auction Maiden at Sligo today, scoring for trainer Willie McCreery and jockey Bill Lee.

The daughter of Captain Rio quickened clear in the closing stages for an easy win over Nieve

McCreery later said “the little bit of juice helped her and so did the extra furlong. She's a big honest filly but I didn't know after the last day whether to give her a few months out in a field and let her grow into herself and now I wouldn't be pushed to turn her out quickly again.”

“She had the experience coming here and the leader (Miss Spelt) led her nicely and everything fell into place.”

By Thomas Weekes, quotes from Gary Carson