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THE new national hunt season gets into full stride this afternoon with the Grade Two Charlie Hall Chase (3.00) at Wetherby with a small, but select field of just four set to go to post for this extended three-mile event.

Two stayers return for this year’s renewal, the 2022 winner BRAVEMANSGAME and the last home that day, the much-vaunted Ahoy Senor. There were 39.5 lengths between the two of them that day with the latter racing very freely and jumping awkwardly, whereas the Paul Nicholls-charge travelled strongly, jumped as sweet as a nut and powered up the final home straight for a textbook win.

If ever a race was made for the Ditcheat runner then this is it. He has a good record fresh, his jumping is economical and he is clearly top rated. But the race perhaps doesn’t revolve around him, it centres on Ahoy Senor who was clearly better than that first run of the season last year, as his subsequent starts in the Gold Cup and Aintree Bowl strongly suggest. So will there be anything different about him this time around? It is hard to tell.