Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Saturday 7 November 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.
⚡ Harry Skelton is in the form of his life — 12 winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 27% across a career spanning 1,769 rides. Old Coast Road in the 12:40 carries a speed rating of 161, and when a jockey is running this hot, you don't walk past that booking.
- 12 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (1769 rides)
- On Old Coast Road (SR 161) in the 12:40
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12:40
Old Coast Road T: Dan Skelton8/11 Race at 12:40
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13:15
Kadastral T: Dan Skelton13/8 Race at 13:15
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14:25
Talk To The Man T: Dan Skelton6/4 Race at 14:25
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15:35
Boombawn T: Dan Skelton5/2 Race at 15:35
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16:05
Al Capony T: Dan Skelton11/10 Race at 16:05
William Buick
⚡ William Buick lands a 25% career strike rate across 1,552 rides — that's not luck, that's a machine — and his booking in the 15:25 Virgin Bet November Handicap is the one to circle on today's card. Two winners already banked in the last seven days, and three rides today means he's here to work, not make up the numbers.
- 25% career strike rate (1552 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- Booked in Virgin Bet November Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) at 15:25
- 14:10 Advertised 6/1 Race at 14:10
- 14:45 Ribbon of Sea 12/1 Race at 14:45
- 15:25 Solarize 14/1 Race at 15:25
Sean Bowen
⚡ Sean Bowen is running hot — 8 winners in the last seven days is not a purple patch, it's a man on a mission. He climbs aboard Diamond Geezer (SR 119) at 13:55, and a rider carrying a 24% career strike rate into that kind of rating is exactly the booking you don't walk past.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 24% career strike rate (2495 rides)
- On Diamond Geezer (SR 119) in the 13:55
- 13:25 Moyganny Phil 9/4 Race at 13:25
- 13:55 Diamond Geezer 10/3 Race at 13:55
- 15:05 Amberelli 5/1 Race at 15:05
- 15:40 Supastrong 7/2 Race at 15:40
Harry Cobden
⚡ Harry Cobden is running hot right now — five winners in seven days is not a purple patch you ignore, and a 22% career strike rate over 928 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan. Black Eddy at 12:40 carries a speed rating of 165, and with Cobden this sharp, that booking in the first is the one to circle before the market wakes up.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (928 rides)
- On Black Eddy (SR 165) in the 12:40
- 12:40 Black Eddy 11/10 Race at 12:40
- 13:15 Petit Tonnerre 10/1 Race at 13:15
- 13:45 Alexei 4/7 Race at 13:45
- 14:25 Off The Jury - Race at 14:25
- 15:35 Hercule du Seuil 22/1 Race at 15:35
Gavin Sheehan
⚡ Gavin Sheehan has fired in five winners inside seven days and walks into today's card running as hot as anyone in the weighing room. Three rides, one of them Cinquenta off a sky-high speed rating of 130 in the 12:50 — that's not a booking you let scroll past.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 23% career strike rate (1350 rides)
- On Cinquenta (SR 130) in the 12:50
- 12:50 Cinquenta 9/4 Race at 12:50
- 13:25 Senator 9/4 Race at 13:25
- 15:40 Chicks For Free 11/4 Race at 15:40