Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Sunday 6 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.
⚡ Cieren Fallon has hit a purple patch — four winners in seven days from a man who converts at 19% across nearly 900 rides tells you the confidence is up and the eye is in. Get him onside in the 13:30, where Mezzo Forte's speed rating of 152 makes this look like the bookies have handed him a gift.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (888 rides)
- On Mezzo Forte (SR 152) in the 13:30
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13:30
Mezzo Forte T: William Haggas7/2 🏆 WON
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14:05
Kanishka T: Ian Williams40/1 18th
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14:40
High Fibre T: James Owen9/4 🥈 2nd
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15:15
Dhahabi T: Ian Williams50/1 11th
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15:50
Extremely Zain T: William Haggas5/1 🏆 WON
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16:25
Power Fizz T: William Haggas11/1 🏆 WON
Clifford Lee
⚡ Clifford Lee is red-hot right now — four winners in the last seven days tells you this man is riding in a groove, not just getting lucky. He gets on Bayraktar in the 13:30, a horse rated 145, and that booking alone is worth circling before the favourites merchants catch up.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Bayraktar (SR 145) in the 13:30
- 15% career strike rate (397 rides)
- 13:30 Bayraktar 13/2 🥈 2nd
- 15:50 Spycatcher 12/1 7th
- 16:25 Mr Noble 11/4 🥉 3rd
David Egan
⚡ David Egan is in the kind of form that makes you put the kettle on early — six winners in seven days is a streak you back, not question. He anchors that momentum to Behike in the 15:50, a 110-rated mount that looks the standout booking of his three rides today.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- On Behike (SR 110) in the 15:50
- 15% career strike rate (606 rides)
- 14:05 Maharajas Express 25/1 🥈 2nd
- 15:15 Tuscan Hills 11/2 15th
- 15:50 Behike 4/1 6th
Sean Bowen
⚡ Sean Bowen arrives at Fontwell with a 31% strike rate at the track — nine from 29 — which already puts him ahead of the field before he's even pulled on his gloves. Downtown Nashville in the 14:55 carries a speed rating of 151, and with Bowen in the plate at a course where he demonstrably outperforms his already-solid 23% career average, that's the one the layers will be watching.
- 23% career strike rate (1233 rides)
- On Downtown Nashville (SR 151) in the 14:55
- 31% strike rate at Fontwell (9 from 29)
- 14:55 Downtown Nashville 5/1 4th
- 16:05 Ask A Sainte 9/4 4th
Connor Beasley
⚡ Connor Beasley rolls in here riding the crest of a five-winner week, and they've handed him a single bullet today in Northern Express — a horse sitting on a speed rating of 100 in the 16:25. One ride, one live chance, and a jockey too hot right now to dismiss.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- On Northern Express (SR 100) in the 16:25
- 15% career strike rate (439 rides)
- 16:25 Northern Express 9/2 5th