Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Friday 11 September 2026
The riders I'm watching today — the loaded books, the marquee bookings, the form jocks pinging the radar.
Five riders worth watching today. A loaded book is a market signal in itself — when a form jock has multiple chances, the yard sees the day as live. I read the diaries with one eye on the silks, one on the trainer form. Here's what's caught my eye.
⚡ Oisin Murphy is running hot — seven winners in the last seven days, and today he saddles up seven times across the card, which is the kind of heavy book trainers only hand to a jockey they trust right now. A 22% career strike rate over 2,651 rides tells you this is no purple patch merchant, so if he fires in three or four today, nobody with a brain should be surprised.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2651 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
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13:15
Forbidden Fire T: Andrew Balding4/1 🏆 WON
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14:25
Sale Shark T: Hugo Palmer6/1 6th
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15:00
Caballo De Mar T: George Scott5/4 🏆 WON
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15:35
Ruby Wedding T: Andrew Balding5/1 10th
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16:10
Awwjaan T: Ed Walker11/2 🥈 2nd
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16:45
Beresford Gap T: Andrew Balding17/2 🏆 WON
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17:20
Fans Favourite T: Hugo Palmer7/2 11th
William Buick
⚡ William Buick is running so hot right now that eight winners in seven days barely scratches the surface of what a 25% career strike rate over 1464 rides tells you about this man's consistency. He gets on Nabati — rated 115 — in the 13:15, and with three selective rides today, that booking is the one the smart money circles first.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 25% career strike rate (1464 rides)
- On Nabati (SR 115) in the 13:15
- 13:15 Nabati 6/4 🥉 3rd
- 14:25 Flann Sunna 4/1 🥉 3rd
- 15:00 Winday 4/1 7th
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch has been ticking over nicely with 2 winners in the past seven days, and a 19% career strike rate across 1845 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan. The booking that matters today is Iron Curtain in the 15:41 — a speed rating of 144 is the kind of number that makes six rides feel like one very important afternoon.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (1845 rides)
- On Iron Curtain (SR 144) in the 15:41
- 15:41 Iron Curtain 7/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:16 Bold Shout 11/8 8th
- 16:51 Padua 12/1 8th
- 17:26 Grapple 9/2 🏆 WON
- 17:58 Quickthorn 3/1 4th
- 18:28 Scarlet Letter 16/1 6th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is the hottest rider in the yard right now — seven winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it is a statement. Get him onside in the 14:01 where Ivory Moon's 159 speed rating makes that booking look very deliberate indeed.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2967 rides)
- On Ivory Moon (SR 159) in the 14:01
- 14:01 Ivory Moon 2/5 🥈 2nd
- 14:36 Isle Of Lismore 15/2 7th
- 15:10 Must Be Love 6/5 4th
- 15:47 Cilician 7/2 🥈 2nd
- 16:22 The Angel King 6/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:57 Gesayed 12/1 Race at 16:57
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is on a scorching run — five winners in seven days — and that kind of momentum doesn't lie. The 15:41 booking on Vestre Moon, rated 134, tells you the yard wanted a hot hand in the saddle today.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2832 rides)
- On Vestre Moon (SR 134) in the 15:41
- 15:41 Vestre Moon 14/1 8th
- 16:16 Pull The Rug 11/1 10th
- 16:51 Sergeant Pep 5/1 🥈 2nd
- 17:58 Amiloc 11/10 🏆 WON