Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Monday 5 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.
⚡ Billy Loughnane is in the form of his life right now — seven winners in the last seven days is not a purple patch, it is a statement. Eight rides across today's card means the trainers have clocked it too, and at 18% career strike rate he converts at a clip that makes a full book genuinely dangerous.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 8 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (3102 rides)
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16:26
Solar Swing T: George Boughey6/5 Race at 16:26
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17:00
Dreams Galore T: Ollie Sangster5/2 Race at 17:00
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18:00
Fille Etoile T: Archie Watson4/1 Race at 18:00
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18:30
Glowchester T: Ivan Furtado12/1 Race at 18:30
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19:00
My Girl Grace T: Mark Loughnane9/1 Race at 19:00
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19:30
Reveur T: David O'Meara5/1 Race at 19:30
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20:00
Mmmbop T: Daniel & Claire Kubler9/2 Race at 20:00
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20:30
Powder Monkey T: George Boughey5/2 Race at 20:30
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch is running hot — six winners in the last seven days from a man who converts at 18% over nearly two thousand rides, so this is no flash in the pan. Iron Dome at 17:30 carries a speed rating of 155 and the most in-form jockey on the card; that booking does not go unnoticed.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1923 rides)
- On Iron Dome (SR 155) in the 17:30
- 17:30 Iron Dome 11/10 Race at 17:30
- 18:00 Lady Branksome 15/8 Race at 18:00
- 19:30 Dovecote 9/2 Race at 19:30
- 20:00 Tinsel 9/1 Race at 20:00
- 20:30 Grow Old With Me 8/1 Race at 20:30
W. J. Lee
⚡ W. J. Lee is running hot right now — four winners in the last seven days and a seven-ride book tells you the yards trust him on a busy card. Heart Of You in the 13:00 carries a speed rating of 154 and Lee in this form is exactly the combination you don't want to let drift past you.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Heart Of You (SR 154) in the 13:00
- 13:00 Heart Of You 11/4 Race at 13:00
- 13:35 Sron Na Caise 18/1 Race at 13:35
- 14:10 Holy Lettuce 12/1 Race at 14:10
- 14:45 Concaire 11/2 Race at 14:45
- 15:20 Manton Bay 11/2 Race at 15:20
- 15:55 Cailin Miorruilach 12/1 Race at 15:55
- 17:05 Blue Nasturtium 7/2 Race at 17:05
Jack Kennedy
⚡ Jack Kennedy arrives today running hot — four winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 22% across 1,225 career rides. Point the compass straight at the 16:15, where Well Bud's speed rating of 149 makes that booking look very deliberate indeed.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1225 rides)
- On Well Bud (SR 149) in the 16:15
- 15:05 Tropical Twist 8/1 Race at 15:05
- 16:15 Well Bud 11/2 Race at 16:15
- 16:50 Diamond Tipp 6/1 Race at 16:50
Daniel Tudhope
⚡ Daniel Tudhope is running hot right now — five winners in seven days is not a purple patch you ignore, and a man firing at that rate with four rides today is exactly the kind of booking the front page misses. He climbs aboard Narrjoo in the 13:30, a horse carrying a speed rating of 160, and at 18% career strike rate over nearly 2,000 rides, Tudhope does not waste mornings like this one.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1927 rides)
- On Narrjoo (SR 160) in the 13:30
- 13:30 Narrjoo 4/11 Race at 13:30
- 14:05 Rex Regum 4/1 Race at 14:05
- 15:15 Veblen Good 10/1 Race at 15:15
- 16:21 Always Blue 4/1 Race at 16:21