Moore back in business with local double

GARY MOORE served notice that his stable’s quiet spell has ended as he sent out a double at his local jumps track Plumpton.

The Brighton trainer has struggled for form in February after a bug took hold in the yard. But with March and some of the season’s biggest races on the way, things are looking better after White On Black and Twenty Degrees both found the winner’s enclosure.

Champion jockey Tony McCoy’s mount, Liathroidisneachta, was sent off the 2-5 favourite for the Wells Express Maiden Hurdle but had to settle for second place behind White On Black.