POINT-to-point fans who were lucky enough to be at Kirkistown on Saturday saw a potentially top-class sort in the opening four-year-old maiden. Seven runners faced the starter as the tapes went up, but once Broughshane (5/2 – 3/1) and Noel McParlan took over the running at the halfway point, they weren’t for catching.

The Philip McBurney-owned son of Mahler slowly burnt off his rivals one-by-one as the runners headed out on their final circuit, coming home an eight-length winner over the Cormac Doyle-trained Copshill Lad.