WHILE the organisers were delighted to see southern trainers support the Route point-to-point by making the long journey up to their new venue outside Portrush last Saturday it was also good that Northern handlers supplied four of the six winners.

On his first start between the flags, it was particularly rewarding for Co Antrim owner/breeder Bill Porter that Ramore Will justified favouritism in the Stonebridge Premium Feeds five-year-old geldings’ maiden. The Ian Ferguson-trained Tikkanen grey initiated a double for the in-form Noel McParlan in the process.