Johnson notches century of wins Richard Johnson finally notched a century of winners for the season after Redde proved good enough to take the Letheby & Christopher Handicap Hurdle at Chepstow today.The British jockey had been teetering on the brink with 99 for the past two days until the Jack Smith-trained gelding came to his rescue by beating El Monty by three-quarters of a length.A relieved Johnson, who spent three months sidelined with a broken leg this winter, said: 'I`ve got there at last! It`s been a couple of days coming and its also been a bit of a stop start year for me with the broken leg keeping me out of action.'But now I`m looking forward to Cheltenham next week where I have some very nice rides including Looks Like Trouble in the Gold Cup and Flagship Uberalles who goes for the Queen Mother Champion Chase. They are the two most difficult races of the three days but I am hopeful.'Johnson went on to make it 101 winners when Karratha proved the gritty winner of the Gwent Drain Services Handicap Hurdle at the expense of Follow Me.Murt`s Man jumped himself into the picture for the Martell Grand National with a battling victory in the Tote Bookmakers Handicap Chase under Andrew Thornton.Paul Nicholls` charge refused to go down without a fight when challenged by Lance Armstrong up the home straight and eventually pulled out enough to gain a length and a quarter verdict over that rival.Murt`s Man is being leased jointly to the Daily Mail and lottery operators Camelot for Grand National day. A competition will be run in the paper on Saturday, March 23rd and the winners will own the horse at Aintree.
