Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Monday 19 October 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 not cold — seven winners in the last seven days, and now nine rides booked across today's card, which is the kind of volume trainers only hand a jockey when they want results. A 22% career strike rate over 2,792 rides is the foundation, but it's the recent heat that tells you the stable doors are open right now.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2792 rides)
- 9 rides across the card
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16:15
Stormy Winter T: Saeed bin Suroor11/10 Race at 16:15
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16:45
Global Success T: J. S. Moore13/2 Race at 16:45
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17:15
Powder Monkey T: George Boughey2/1 Race at 17:15
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17:45
Meydaan T: Simon & Ed Crisford11/8 Race at 17:45
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18:15
Dandana T: Simon & Ed Crisford13/2 Race at 18:15
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18:45
Dance Fantasy T: Simon & Ed Crisford6/1 Race at 18:45
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19:15
Albertini Star T: Alan King11/4 Race at 19:15
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19:45
Little Jaybee T: David Evans7/2 Race at 19:45
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20:15
Got The Booty T: Clive Cox13/8 Race at 20:15
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is on fire right now — five winners in the last seven days and the handlers have noticed, stacking him with seven rides across today's card. An 18% career strike rate over nearly 3,000 rides tells you this isn't a flash in the pan, so when he's this warm you follow him, not the market.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (2974 rides)
- 13:53 War Gaming 7/2 Race at 13:53
- 14:23 Aphra Behn 9/4 Race at 14:23
- 14:53 Undiscovered 3/1 Race at 14:53
- 15:23 Lady Roxby 13/2 Race at 15:23
- 15:53 Moon Over Miami 10/3 Race at 15:53
- 16:25 Obito 13/2 Race at 16:25
- 16:55 Rogue Enforcer 16/1 Race at 16:55
Harry Cobden
⚡ Harry Cobden arrives today on the back of four winners in seven days, and a 22% career rate over 885 rides tells you this isn't a hot streak built on nothing. He's on Tashan in the 15:30 — a rated 106 horse, two rides only, and Cobden's not wasting his afternoon.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (885 rides)
- On Tashan (SR 106) in the 15:30
- 15:30 Tashan 4/1 Race at 15:30
- 17:05 Grey Gamble 15/2 Race at 17:05
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon is running hot — three winners in the past seven days and seven rides booked across today's card is the kind of combination that prints money if you catch him right. An 18% career strike rate over nearly 2,000 rides tells you this isn't a flash; he finds winners, and today the ammunition is loaded.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (1917 rides)
- 13:53 Green Star 6/5 Race at 13:53
- 14:23 Under Arrest 3/1 Race at 14:23
- 14:53 King High 3/1 Race at 14:53
- 15:23 Sing The Blues 10/3 Race at 15:23
- 15:53 In The Breeze 6/1 Race at 15:53
- 16:25 Bnaider 9/4 Race at 16:25
- 16:55 Startling 25/1 Race at 16:55
W. J. Lee
⚡ Seven winners in seven days — W. J. Lee is not cooling down, he is accelerating, and six rides across today's card means the bookmakers will be seeing a lot of him before the last. The one to follow is System Reset in the 14:40, rated 133, and if Lee is in this kind of nick, that's not a coincidence booking.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- On System Reset (SR 133) in the 14:40
- 6 rides across the card
- 13:40 Stormy Dawn 6/1 Race at 13:40
- 14:10 Little Wing 50/1 Race at 14:10
- 14:40 System Reset 18/1 Race at 14:40
- 15:10 Churchill Bond 5/4 Race at 15:10
- 16:40 Serendipia 15/2 Race at 16:40
- 17:10 Serienmond 12/1 Race at 17:10