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| Fifth October death at Wetherby | |
| (about 9 hours later) | |
| A fifth horse has died this month during racing at Wetherby, two weeks after four fatalities on the opening day of the jumps season on 14 October. | |
| Racing resumed at the West Yorkshire course on Friday following a British Horseracing Authority investigation into the previous deaths. | |
| Improvements to the course were carried out and racing was allowed to go ahead. | Improvements to the course were carried out and racing was allowed to go ahead. |
| But in Saturday's 1.10 race, Fell Pack suffered fatal injuries in a fall at the last set of hurdles. | But in Saturday's 1.10 race, Fell Pack suffered fatal injuries in a fall at the last set of hurdles. |
| In the same race, one of seven during the Charlie Hall Chase meeting, Manor Park was taken off the course in an ambulance with leg a injury. | In the same race, one of seven during the Charlie Hall Chase meeting, Manor Park was taken off the course in an ambulance with leg a injury. |
| Packed grandstand | Packed grandstand |
| BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght said: "In the 1.10 Fell Pack suffered what turned out to be fatal injuries right in front of the packed grandstand on the busiest day of the year for Wetherby." | BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght said: "In the 1.10 Fell Pack suffered what turned out to be fatal injuries right in front of the packed grandstand on the busiest day of the year for Wetherby." |
| He said the BHA would almost certainly have to consider a report into the latest death at a meeting on Monday. | He said the BHA would almost certainly have to consider a report into the latest death at a meeting on Monday. |
| On 14 October the racing world was shocked when thoroughbreds Marrel, Divex, Nut Hand and Miss Giboa were all destroyed after races at Wetherby. | On 14 October the racing world was shocked when thoroughbreds Marrel, Divex, Nut Hand and Miss Giboa were all destroyed after races at Wetherby. |
| The BHA investigated the course after the deaths and improvements were carried out. | The BHA investigated the course after the deaths and improvements were carried out. |
| Wetherby's chief executive, Jonjo Sanderson, said an inquest had not revealed an obvious cause of the deaths. | Wetherby's chief executive, Jonjo Sanderson, said an inquest had not revealed an obvious cause of the deaths. |
| Mr Sanderson said: "I walked the course with a British Horse Racing Authority inspectorate. | Mr Sanderson said: "I walked the course with a British Horse Racing Authority inspectorate. |
| "We concluded that despite unfortunate circumstances there wasn't anything that was glaringly obvious as to the cause of any problems." | "We concluded that despite unfortunate circumstances there wasn't anything that was glaringly obvious as to the cause of any problems." |