TimeformBlog

[b]The Flat season continues to wind down, but there are still good meetings on the level this weekend at Leopardstown and Newmarket, while over jumps the action continues to hot up, with competitive racing on both sides of the Irish Sea...[/b] Saturday's most prestigious race either on the Flat or over jumps is the Grade 2 [b]Charlie Hall Chase[/b] (15:25) at Wetherby. The field includes two previous winners of the race in Ollie Magern and Deep Purple, though Tom George's top-class chaser Nacarat sets the standard judged on the form he showed when runner-up under a welter burden in last season's Racing Post Chase at Kempton. There is no shortage of quality on the rest of the card at Wetherby, which includes the Grade 2 West Yorkshire Hurdle (14:50) over twenty-five furlongs. There...