Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Sunday 25 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.
⚡ Sean Bowen is in the kind of nick that wins Saturday afternoons — four winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 24% across nearly two and a half thousand rides. Moore Brion at 13:00 carries a speed rating of 162 and Bowen in this form is exactly the booking you don't walk past.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 24% career strike rate (2445 rides)
- On Moore Brion (SR 162) in the 13:00
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13:00
Moore Brion T: Olly Murphy4/5 Race at 13:00
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13:35
Don Dandy T: Olly Murphy8/13 Race at 13:35
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14:10
Sure Touch T: Olly Murphy2/1 Race at 14:10
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14:41
Livin On Luco T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White3/1 Race at 14:41
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15:13
Gambie Tiep T: Olly Murphy3/1 Race at 15:13
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16:23
Clos Du Mouche T: Olly Murphy11/8 Race at 16:23
Harry Skelton
⚡ Harry Skelton is running hotter than anyone on the card right now — seven winners in the last seven days, and a 27% career strike rate tells you this is no purple patch, this is just what he does. Get on Boombawn in the 15:00; a speed rating of 141 does not lie, and Skelton in this form does not waste a ride like that.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (1718 rides)
- On Boombawn (SR 141) in the 15:00
- 13:15 Brace For Landing 10/3 Race at 13:15
- 13:50 Kadastral 4/1 Race at 13:50
- 15:00 Boombawn 10/3 Race at 15:00
- 15:35 Glancing Jack - Race at 15:35
- 16:05 Soleretta 9/4 Race at 16:05
Jack Kennedy
⚡ Jack Kennedy lands here with a 23% career strike rate across 1,250 rides — that is not a man who wastes your time. Soul Asylum in the 14:35 carries a speed rating of 156, and Kennedy on a number like that is the booking you circle before the card gets busy.
- 23% career strike rate (1250 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Soul Asylum (SR 156) in the 14:35
- 13:25 Watch The Weather 9/2 Race at 13:25
- 14:35 Soul Asylum 6/4 Race at 14:35
- 15:40 Huntin Boots 9/4 Race at 15:40
- 16:10 Dunsy Rock 9/4 Race at 16:10
Danny McMenamin
⚡ Danny McMenamin arrives today with two winners already banked this week and four chances to add to that tally. The 14:10 booking on Tommy's Oscar — rated 129 — is the one that matters, and a 15% strike rate over 594 rides tells you this isn't a jockey who needs luck to find the frame.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Tommy's Oscar (SR 129) in the 14:10
- 15% career strike rate (594 rides)
- 13:00 Silver Salver 80/1 Race at 13:00
- 13:35 Minella Buoy 5/2 Race at 13:35
- 14:10 Tommy's Oscar 10/3 Race at 14:10
- 15:13 Walk In The Valley 13/8 Race at 15:13
Gavin Sheehan
⚡ Gavin Sheehan sits on a 23% career strike rate across 1,322 rides — that is not a journeyman number, that is a man who converts — and with only two outings today, he is not spreading himself thin. Wendigo in the 15:00 carries a speed rating of 138, and Sheehan on a live favourite with a clear book is exactly the spot sharp punters circle first.
- 23% career strike rate (1322 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Wendigo (SR 138) in the 15:00
- 15:00 Wendigo 4/1 Race at 15:00
- 16:05 Lady Jetfire 7/2 Race at 16:05