A STRONG local crowd were in attendance at the seaside town of Portrush on Saturday and those lucky to be there may have witnessed a future star in the opening four-year-old maiden.

Declan Lavery sent King Of Kingsfield (7/2 – 6/4 favourite) straight to the front from flag fall and the pair were never headed, making all to win by a distance from the Colin McKeever-trained Ballymackie.