Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Monday 7 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.
⚡ Loughnane has lit the last seven days on fire with six winners, and the market knows it — somebody has handed him eight rides today, which is not a number you hand to a rider you are lukewarm on. A 19% career strike rate over 1846 rides tells you this is not a hot streak built on thin air, so keep his name circled all afternoon.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 8 rides across the card
- 19% career strike rate (1846 rides)
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16:57
Kerry Grey T: Richard Hughes4/1 🥉 3rd
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17:30
Cavan Lady T: Richard Hughes8/1 🥉 3rd
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18:00
Pon Pon Dalia T: Marco Botti4/7 🏆 WON
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18:30
Brunhilde T: George Boughey11/4 4th
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19:00
Miss Mambo T: Gay Kelleway5/1 4th
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19:30
The Anthony Gover T: Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole9/2 🏆 WON
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20:00
Knights Gold T: Tom Ward5/1 7th
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20:30
Fiorella Princess T: Robert Cowell- Race at 20:30
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is in the kind of form that makes you forget everything else on the card — six winners in seven days, and a 21% career strike rate that holds up over nearly 1,400 rides tells you this is no hot streak built on air. Sister Cecilia's speed rating of 128 in the 16:45 is the standout mount on the book today, and with Murphy in this nick, that's the race you're circling first.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 21% career strike rate (1397 rides)
- On Sister Cecilia (SR 128) in the 16:45
- 14:42 Romotoso 5/4 🥈 2nd
- 15:12 Courage Best 13/2 4th
- 16:45 Sister Cecilia 22/1 🥉 3rd
Harry Skelton
⚡ Harry Skelton converts at 27% across 713 career rides — that is not luck, that is a rider who knows exactly what he is doing. Get him onside at 16:00 when he climbs aboard Edelak, a horse carrying a speed rating of 129 that this booking was always going to attract.
- 27% career strike rate (713 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Edelak (SR 129) in the 16:00
- 14:00 Moment Of Light 4/5 🏆 WON
- 16:00 Edelak 10/11 🏆 WON
- 17:02 Mystic Wind 11/2 6th
Marco Ghiani
⚡ Marco Ghiani is red-hot right now — eight winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it's a man who has found something — and the booking on Polyxena (SR 149) in the 14:42 tells you the yard knows it too. A 15% career strike rate over 938 rides gives you the baseline, but you're not betting the baseline today, you're betting the man in form on the standout rating of his card.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- On Polyxena (SR 149) in the 14:42
- 15% career strike rate (938 rides)
- 14:42 Polyxena 11/2 🏆 WON
- 15:12 Alpha Legend 9/1 10th
- 15:42 Luzon Heights 13/2 🏆 WON
James Bowen
⚡ James Bowen rolls into today on the back of three winners in seven days, and that 18% career strike rate over 645 rides tells you this is no streak built on thin air. Puppet Master in the 14:50 carries a speed rating of 117, and with Bowen this sharp right now, that booking looks the one the morning papers underplayed.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (645 rides)
- On Puppet Master (SR 117) in the 14:50
- 14:50 Puppet Master 4/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:20 Garrick Painter 13/2 6th