Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Monday 20 July 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 riding in a blur right now — ten winners in the last seven days, and yards are clearly aware, handing him a seven-ride book across the card today. A 22% career strike rate over 1175 rides tells you this isn't a hot streak built on thin air; he's the man to follow today, full stop.
- 10 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1175 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
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17:50
Regal Tiger T: Hugo Palmer9/4 🥈 2nd
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18:20
Miss Tango T: Richard Hughes9/2 4th
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18:50
Lord d'Or T: Andrew Balding10/11 🥈 2nd
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19:20
Amazonian Dream T: Rod Millman13/8 🏆 WON
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19:50
Dream Camp T: Andrew Balding7/1 🏆 WON
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20:20
Fast Steps T: Rod Millman9/4 9th
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20:50
Flag Carrier T: Brian Toomey13/2 6th
Harry Skelton
⚡ Harry Skelton is red-hot right now — six winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 27% across 660 career rides. He's on Gambino in the 13:42, a horse rated 155, and that booking didn't land in his lap by accident.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (660 rides)
- On Gambino (SR 155) in the 13:42
- 13:42 Gambino 5/6 🏆 WON
- 14:42 Katzoff 11/2 Pulled up
- 16:12 Krak 11/4 🥉 3rd
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is in the form of his life right now — eight winners in the last seven days is not a purple patch, it is a full-blown takeover. Get him onside in the 18:20 where Soeur De Flash (SR 143) hands him his best weapon of the afternoon.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- On Soeur De Flash (SR 143) in the 18:20
- 5 rides across the card
- 17:50 Keep Kicking On 5/2 🏆 WON
- 18:20 Soeur De Flash 17/2 🥉 3rd
- 19:20 Visually 7/1 7th
- 19:50 Crystal Pier 28/1 7th
- 20:20 Super Hit 4/1 🏆 WON
Colin Keane
⚡ Colin Keane is the man to follow today — five winners in the last seven days says the hands are hot and the head is clear. He climbs aboard Contrite (SR 149) in the 17:40, and a rating like that on a jockey this sharp is not a booking you walk past.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- On Contrite (SR 149) in the 17:40
- 5 rides across the card
- 17:40 Contrite 11/2 🥉 3rd
- 18:10 Divine Believer 8/1 7th
- 18:40 Elusive Duke 11/4 🥈 2nd
- 19:10 War Rooms 5/1 🏆 WON
- 20:10 Nuit 8/11 🏆 WON
Daniel Tudhope
⚡ Tudhope arrives at Ayr in the kind of nick that should make layers nervous — three winners in the last seven days and a 28% strike rate at this track from 47 visits tells you he knows every bend. Four rides today at a venue where he converts better than one-in-four; this is not a man to leave off your shortlist.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 28% strike rate at Ayr (13 from 47)
- 16% career strike rate (784 rides)
- 14:30 Whiskey Kisses 5/2 🥉 3rd
- 15:00 Imperial Guard 8/13 🏆 WON
- 15:30 Veblen Good 7/2 🥉 3rd
- 16:00 Donna Nook 9/1 4th