Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Saturday 12 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.
⚡ Billy Loughnane is running as hot as anyone on the Flat right now — seven winners in the last seven days from a rider who already converts at 18% across nearly 3,000 career rides. The Betfred St Leger booking at 15:35 is the one that matters, and you don't hand a Group 1 to a jockey who's on the cold side of form.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2972 rides)
- Booked in Betfred St Leger Stakes (Group 1) at 15:35
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13:10
Al Jabbar T: Charlie Appleby5/2 🏆 WON
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13:45
Desert Castle T: Charlie Appleby8/13 🏆 WON
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14:55
Wise Approach T: Charlie Appleby12/1 4th
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15:35
Enceladus T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien9/4 🥈 2nd
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16:15
Moonfall T: George Boughey11/2 🥈 2nd
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16:48
Night Breeze T: Ian Williams13/2 9th
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is running hot — six winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 18% across nearly 3,000 rides, and that's not a fluke, that's a jockey in the form of his life. With five rides today and the Betfred St Leger at 15:35 as his centrepiece, Ryan is the name the Doncaster card is quietly being built around.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2836 rides)
- Booked in Betfred St Leger Stakes (Group 1) at 15:35
- 13:10 Game Character 7/2 🥉 3rd
- 14:20 Rosario 11/1 16th
- 15:35 Alderman 33/1 4th
- 16:15 Blue Courvoisier 6/1 9th
- 16:48 City Of Poets 15/2 🥈 2nd
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch is in the middle of a purple patch — three winners in seven days — and somebody has noticed, stacking him with seven rides across the card today. At 19% over 1851 career starts he is no journeyman, and a book that heavy on a live streak means the stables sending him out believe he is the right man right now.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 19% career strike rate (1851 rides)
- 13:30 Master Vintner 18/1 4th
- 14:05 Tashkhan 33/1 9th
- 14:40 Hiram Bingham 66/1 7th
- 15:20 Towelontheterrace 5/1 🥈 2nd
- 15:50 Wisper 18/1 🥉 3rd
- 16:30 Vidmiyr 13/2 🏆 WON
- 17:10 Midnight Strike 9/1 8th
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon is on fire right now — eight winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 18% across 1,804 career rides. Get him onside in the 14:40, where National Pride carries a speed rating of 151 and looks the banker of the card.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1804 rides)
- On National Pride (SR 151) in the 14:40
- 13:30 Dubai Honour 8/13 🥉 3rd
- 14:05 Dancing In Paris - Race at 14:05
- 14:40 National Pride 5/2 4th
- 15:50 Shafdar 2/1 🏆 WON
- 16:30 Hot Cash 4/1 🥈 2nd
- 17:10 Ganodin 14/1 9th
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is running hot — 10 winners in the last seven days is not a purple patch, it's a statement. A Boy Named Susie at 17:00 carries a 122 speed rating and a 22% career strike-rate jockey in the saddle, so the market had better be paying attention.
- 10 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2658 rides)
- On A Boy Named Susie (SR 122) in the 17:00
- 14:10 Excellent Believe 9/1 7th
- 15:15 Sons And Lovers 10/1 🥈 2nd
- 15:55 Pivotal Attack 80/1 9th
- 17:00 A Boy Named Susie 17/2 5th
- 17:35 Yousaynothingatall 15/2 🥈 2nd
- 18:10 Killashee Warrior 11/1 🥉 3rd