Andy Newton assesses the big Wetherby event

As we head towards the end of October, we’ve still a month or so left of the Flat turf season, but really from around now, the focus does tend to switch to the jumpers.
It won’t be long before National Hunt fans are cheering the horses back at Cheltenham, with their big November and December meetings – however, before that we head to Wetherby for one of their biggest days on the calendar and the Charlie Hall Chase.
Named in memory of trainer, Charlie Hall, this 3m Chase is staged at Wetherby at the start of the jumps seas...