IT was good to see David Christie saddle a rare four-year-old winner last Saturday at Kirkistown and that Sometime Soon relieved bookmakers of some money when scoring on his debut under Barry O’Neill.

Three of the five other races were also won by northern-trained horses and though the concluding older geldings’ maiden fell to the Alan Fleming-trained Internal Transfer, that Kayf Tara six-year-old was ridden by Scarva native Steven Clements.