The McMahon silks may be more familiar in the jumping sphere, but the purple and yellow got a successful airing via Colm O'Donoghue and Whiskey Sour in the Guinness 17:59 EBF Median Auction Maiden at Galway.

Dermot Weld 's favourite, Palmetto Dunes and the winner, came into this seven furlong heat with a similar profile, both on the back of satisfactory debut efforts.

Palmetto Dunes had started off against stronger opposition and duly went off at 10/11, with Whisky Sour available at 'eights.'

The pair served up an exciting duel up the straight, but Eddie Lynam's Whiskey Sour eventually came out on top by half a length, with three and three parts of a length to Verbosity in third.

As a son of Jeremy out of a Sadler's Wells mare, Whiskey Sour not surprisingly got through the soft ground well.