Morte Point

The William Muir and Chris Grassick yard, based in Lambourn, is one of racing's more productive operations and has sent out 20 winners already this season. Morte Point is a significant part of why. The horse got off the mark at Salisbury in July 2024, and has kept on winning ever since, with the most recent success coming at Chepstow just last week — a sign that this is a horse very much in form and at the top of its game right now.

The level Morte Point operates at most comfortably is Class 4, which sits in the middle tier of British racing — competitive without being elite. At that level, the horse has won 3 from 7, a win rate of 43%, which is exceptional. Winning almost half your races at any level is the kind of consistency that turns heads, and it tells you that the Muir and Grassick team have found the right grade for this horse to flourish.

Part of that success is clearly tied to jockey Lewis Edmunds, who has ridden Morte Point in 8 of its 16 races and won 3 of them — a win rate of 38%, or just under 2 in every 5 rides together. That kind of partnership, where a jockey genuinely knows how a horse ticks, is worth more than it might sound. Horses are creatures of habit, and familiarity in the saddle often brings the best out of them.

Recent form tells a mixed story — a win and a runner-up in the last two outings, but some rougher results before that. Still, with a race just yesterday and a win last week, Morte Point is clearly being kept very busy, which suggests the team believe the horse is thriving. A 4-year-old with five wins already, a partnership clicking with its regular jockey, and a yard firing on all cylinders — the ingredients are there for more to come.