CHELTENHAM Trials Day propelled new names to prominence in the Champion Chase and Gold Cup markets, as Editeur Du Gite and Ahoy Senor claimed their respective trials to leave connections of Energumene, Noble Yeats and Protrektorat with plenty to ponder ahead of renewing rivalry in March.

Conditions on the day, particularly on the chase track, may have contributed to the results as the ground, according to my going allowance, was unseasonably quick and not soft as the official description depicted.