FEW wins last weekend will have been celebrated as much as that of Champers Elysees following her impressive step up to Group 1 class in the Group 1 Matron Stakes. The party will not have been confined to immediate connections either.

The win was a first, as a trainer, at that level for Johnny Murtagh and what a bargain Champers Elysees was, costing the trainer €28,000 in Part 2 of the 2018 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, a nice return on her foal price at the same venue when she cost Aughamore Stud €12,500.