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Yorkshire's biggest jumping day proved the catalyst for changes to be made

Menorah wins the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby in 2014, setting in train a process that ended with every jumps course in Britain being re-measured
Menorah wins the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby in 2014, setting in train a process that ended with every jumps course in Britain being re-measuredCredit: Alan Crowhurst

It was the Charlie Hall Chase meeting at Wetherby in 2014 that set in motion a small revolution in jump racing.

Race times on the day, including that for the feature event won by Menorah, were surprisingly quick and led to a remeasurement of the course.

That revealed four of the track's 12 distances were incorrect, with the supposedly 3m1f Charlie Hall itself having been staged over a trip 78 yards too short for five years by that point.

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