The relationship that matters most to Greatrex right now is the one with trainer Richard Hannon. From 26 rides together, he has ridden 4 winners — a win rate of around 15%, or roughly 1 in every 6 or 7. That is a completely different number to his overall average, and it tells you something important: when Hannon puts Greatrex on a horse, it is working. The Hannon yard is one of the biggest flat operations in Britain, and getting a foothold there is exactly the kind of platform a young jockey needs to accelerate.
There is also a promising partnership developing with Signcastle City, a horse Greatrex has ridden three times and won on once. A 1-from-3 record might not sound dramatic, but in racing terms, a jockey who keeps getting the call on the same horse is a jockey who is doing something right — the trainer trusts what he is seeing.
One detail worth noting is Greatrex's record on fast, dry ground: 1 winner from 8 races at 12%, which beats his overall average and hints that conditions might play to his strengths as he continues to develop. It is a small sample, but patterns like these often harden into something real as a career matures.
At 4 years in with 21 career winners, Greatrex is still in the early chapters. But the improvement from last season to this one suggests a jockey who is learning fast — and in a sport where it can take a decade to truly arrive, that upward curve is everything.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield Park | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Kempton Park | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Wolverhampton | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| chelmsford | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Newmarket | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Southwell | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Bath | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Brighton | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Salisbury | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Sandown Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% |