Jockey Edward Greatrex has struck a
rich vein of form in recent weeks, recording seven winners from 17
rides – at a strike rate of 41% – in the last 14 days. One of
those winners, New Rich, attempts to repeat his course and
distance win 11 days ago in the Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap
(4.35) at Kempton on Tuesday and appears to have bright prospects of
doing so. Eve Johnson Houghton’s 8-year-old was ending a losing run
stretching back nearly two years, but his record of 7-41 on the
all-weather, including five course and distance wins, isn’t a bad
rate of return for a horse of moderate ability and a 4lb rise in the
weights looks fair enough. Admittedly, the Bahamian Bounty gelding
has yet to win back-to-back races in his 65-race career, but has won
three times off a handicap mark of 61, so his current mark of 55 is
hardly insurmountable if he’s in the same mood.
Selection: Kempton 4.35 New
Rich to win
