BRITISH racegoers are likely to get their first sighting of the highly-touted Alary in the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock on Saturday as he appeared among 24 entries.

Now with Colin Tizzard, he will now run in the Alan and Ann Potts colours and was last seen finishing a narrow second in a Grade One at Auteuil.

Despite having never jumped a British fence in public, he is as low as 16-1 for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, though he also has an entry in the Ryanair Chase at the Festival in March.

Tizzard said: ''He's got an awfully high handicap mark, but you've got to start somewhere and this is a good place to start.

''We just want to get to know him, really.''

Alary would be unlikely to have it all his own way in the Peter Marsh Chase if Brian Ellison's Definitly Red turns up.

A very easy winner of the Rowland Meyrick at Wetherby on Boxing Day, he also has the option of the Sky Bet Great Yorkshire Chase at Doncaster a week later.

The all-conquering Tizzard hit the target at Plumpton yesterday when Kings Walk, who carries Cue Card's silks, justified 2-1 favouritism in the maiden hurdle when he held off Not Another Muddle by a neck.