Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Monday 14 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 in the form of his life right now — eight winners in seven days is a streak you do not ignore, and six rides today means the carnage is not done yet. Get him on Bling at 19:00; a speed rating of 153 on a jockey running this hot is the kind of overlap the front pages will be kicking themselves for missing.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2669 rides)
- On Bling (SR 153) in the 19:00
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17:00
Ramensky T: Emma Lavelle2/1 🏆 WON
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18:00
Berkshire Boom T: Andrew Balding7/2 🥈 2nd
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18:30
Farasan T: John & Thady Gosden7/2 4th
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19:00
Bling T: Hugo Palmer10/3 Race at 19:00
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19:30
Astronette T: Tom Dascombe5/1 4th
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20:00
Hot Silk T: James Fanshawe11/4 7th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is running hot — nine winners in seven days is the kind of purple patch that makes a 18% career strike rate look like a floor, not a ceiling. He's on Queen Of Scotland in the 15:12, a 159-rated mount that this column wouldn't be walking past for anyone.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2982 rides)
- On Queen Of Scotland (SR 159) in the 15:12
- 13:42 Marsh Benham 7/2 7th
- 14:12 Duchess Of Immatin 6/1 4th
- 15:12 Queen Of Scotland 4/6 🏆 WON
- 15:42 Thankuappreciate 12/1 7th
- 16:42 Keeper Of Secrets 14/1 8th
- 17:12 Dragon God 9/2 6th
Marco Ghiani
⚡ Marco Ghiani is running so hot right now that eight winners in seven days isn't a purple patch, it's a statement. Get Agent Rose onside in the 14:12 — a speed rating of 128 on a man firing at that clip is too loud to ignore.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- On Agent Rose (SR 128) in the 14:12
- 16% career strike rate (1641 rides)
- 14:12 Agent Rose 50/1 9th
- 15:42 Distant Rumble 9/1 🏆 WON
- 16:42 Time After Time 6/1 🥈 2nd
- 17:12 Cameley Days 4/1 🏆 WON
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch has fired in 4 winners inside the last seven days and arrives today running hot with just two rides to aim at. Grey Tamam carries a speed rating of 155 in the 19:00 — that is the one you mark first.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (1862 rides)
- On Grey Tamam (SR 155) in the 19:00
- 18:00 Jackabi 40/1 10th
- 19:00 Grey Tamam 3/1 🥈 2nd
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan has come into today swinging — two winners in the last seven days and a heavy book of six rides tells you the yard phones have been busy with his number. An 18% career strike rate across 2,843 rides is the bedrock; with six chances to press it, he is the name you want onside today.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2843 rides)
- 6 rides across the card
- 13:42 Mertoun 6/1 🏆 WON
- 14:12 Red Blue Point 10/11 🥈 2nd
- 15:12 Seacole 15/2 🥉 3rd
- 15:42 Cape Toronada 6/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:42 Crazy Plan 3/1 11th
- 17:12 Davorge Nation 22/1 4th