Editeur can lead from front

EDITEUR DU GITE can write his own headlines with victory in the Visit r ac ingtv.com Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase at Wincanton.

The six-year-old’s canny trainer Gary Moore set him a couple of tough tests in a brief campaign last season.

In just two runs last December, Editeur Du Gite failed to beat another horse, making his stable debut at Sandown and then finishing last of six in the Grade Two Wayward Lad Novices’ Chase at Kempton over Christmas.

His mere presence in those contests suggests Moore was impressed with what he saw at home, though, and on his Ascot return last month, Editeur Du Gite began to show some public potential too.

He has gone up 5lb for chasing home another ex-French second-season novice who can be expected to improve significantly, yet still arrives here on a rating of just 125.

That is unlikely to be anywhere near his ceiling after five starts, including victory at the second attempt at Compiegne.

He faces a couple of useful rivals, but receives weight from the majority and his front-running style should be suited by this drop to the minimum trip round a tight track.

MUCKAMORE’S debut over fences is keenly-anticipated in the Per temps Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase at Market Rasen.

An early acquisition for the Noel Fehily Racing Syndicate, Nigel Twiston-Davies’ successful Irish point-to-pointer was twice second and then an easy winner over hurdles last season.