Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Saturday 25 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.
⚡ Colin Keane arrives at Ascot riding the kind of form that makes you forget he's the visiting jockey — six winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it's a statement. Fox has him pegged for the 15:35 King George on Kalpana, and with a 16% career strike rate across nearly a thousand rides backing up the confidence, this is the booking you don't walk past today.
- Fox's pick in the 15:35 Ascot
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- Booked in King George Vi And Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Group 1) at 15:35
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13:45
Glorious Game T: Hugo Palmer18/1 9th
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14:20
Cheshire Dancer T: Hugo Palmer50/1 8th
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14:55
Arctic Dawn T: Daniel & Claire Kubler33/1 6th
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15:35
Kalpana T: Andrew Balding13/2 🦊 🏆 WON
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16:10
Hengest T: Dylan Cunha16/1 12th
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16:45
Blue Rc T: James Tate7/2 10th
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is running hot right now — nine winners in the last seven days, and connections clearly know it, handing him eight rides across the card today. A 22% career strike rate over 1,204 rides tells you this is no purple patch merchant, so if he fires in three or four of those, nobody should act surprised.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1204 rides)
- 8 rides across the card
- 13:10 Izuba 13/2 🥈 2nd
- 13:45 Moonrise 9/2 🏆 WON
- 14:20 Skydance 8/1 🥉 3rd
- 14:55 Stellar Sunrise 25/1 14th
- 15:35 Wurttemberg 50/1 9th
- 16:10 Ohara 9/1 15th
- 16:45 Grizedale 4/1 6th
- 17:20 Emperor Spirit 9/1 11th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is the hottest body on the card right now — eight winners in seven days is a streak that demands your attention, not your scepticism. Seven rides today at 18% career strike rate means the law of averages alone puts him in the frame three times over.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (1634 rides)
- 14:05 Glory Road 11/10 🏆 WON
- 14:39 Mirzimaan 6/4 🥈 2nd
- 15:15 Zatsgood 3/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:00 Fight Your Corner 10/3 5th
- 16:35 Adelaide Bay 15/8 4th
- 17:10 Black Cab 11/2 5th
- 17:45 Filey Beach 7/2 4th
William Buick
⚡ William Buick is scorching right now — six winners in the last seven days, and the yard have handed him seven rides today which tells you everything about how much confidence sits behind him. A 21% career strike rate over 341 rides is the floor; right now he's running well above it.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 21% career strike rate (341 rides)
- 13:10 Never Enough 11/8 🏆 WON
- 13:45 The Can Can Queen 50/1 11th
- 14:20 Touleen 5/6 4th
- 14:55 Aalto 16/1 🥉 3rd
- 15:35 Lambourn 100/1 4th
- 16:10 Akho Mezzna 3/1 7th
- 16:45 Spanish Voice 9/1 🥉 3rd
Dylan Browne McMonagle
⚡ Dylan Browne McMonagle is in the form of his life right now — five winners in seven days from a man whose career strike rate sits at 15% tells you the clock is running hot, not warm. Seven rides across the card and a 104-rated top mount in the 17:40 means Browne McMonagle is the name you circle before you look at anything else today.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Summer Is Tomorrow (SR 104) in the 17:40
- 13:40 Seaxburh 10/11 🥈 2nd
- 14:12 Dawn Flame 11/4 🥉 3rd
- 14:44 Incredible Army 14/1 12th
- 15:22 Nil Bua Gan Dua 5/1 🏆 WON
- 15:55 Vishaya 9/4 5th
- 16:30 Liberation Date 9/2 6th
- 17:40 Summer Is Tomorrow 4/6 🏆 WON