Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Sunday 8 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.
⚡ Sean Bowen is running hot with seven winners in the last seven days, and six rides today means he's not wasting a single one of them. Get him onside in the 13:20 — Debrave Soldier carries a speed rating of 153, and a man clicking at 24% over nearly 2,500 career rides doesn't land on a mount like that by accident.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 24% career strike rate (2499 rides)
- On Debrave Soldier (SR 153) in the 13:20
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12:50
Tap Tap Shamie T: Olly Murphy4/5 Race at 12:50
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13:20
Debrave Soldier T: Olly Murphy2/1 Race at 13:20
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13:52
Midweek Voices T: Olly Murphy13/8 Race at 13:52
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14:27
Built By Rossies T: Olly Murphy11/2 Race at 14:27
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15:02
Esprit Sauvage T: Olly Murphy11/2 Race at 15:02
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15:37
Galway Reel T: Olly Murphy5/4 Race at 15:37
Harry Cobden
⚡ Harry Cobden is running so hot right now that six winners in seven days isn't form, it's a streak, and you don't step in front of a streak. He climbs aboard Solar System — rated 109 — in the 15:37, and a 22% career strike rate over 932 rides tells you this isn't a man who wastes a good spare.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (932 rides)
- On Solar System (SR 109) in the 15:37
- 13:52 Stratton Oakmont 13/2 Race at 13:52
- 14:27 Corner Forward 1/1 Race at 14:27
- 15:02 Kiptanuy 4/1 Race at 15:02
- 15:37 Solar System 9/4 Race at 15:37
- 16:12 Imperial Bede 11/2 Race at 16:12
Jack Kennedy
⚡ Jack Kennedy runs a 23% career strike rate across 1,272 rides — that's not luck, that's a rider who delivers — and with six outings today he's got plenty of chances to add to his two winners this week. The one that matters is Low Kick in the 12:30, a beast of a Speed Rating at 155, and Kennedy on a mount like that is a booking you don't walk past.
- 23% career strike rate (1272 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Low Kick (SR 155) in the 12:30
- 12:30 Low Kick 9/2 Race at 12:30
- 13:00 Darby O'Gill 12/1 Race at 13:00
- 13:30 Coq Noir 8/1 Race at 13:30
- 14:04 Elusive Ogie 8/1 Race at 14:04
- 14:39 Bowensonfire 17/2 Race at 14:39
- 15:13 Koktail Brut 9/2 Race at 15:13
Gavin Sheehan
⚡ Gavin Sheehan is on fire right now — six winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 23% across 1,353 career rides is not a purple patch you ignore. He lands on Highbourne Karisma (SR 151) in the 13:10, and that is the booking the front pages slept on.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 23% career strike rate (1353 rides)
- On Highbourne Karisma (SR 151) in the 13:10
- 13:10 Highbourne Karisma 5/1 Race at 13:10
- 13:40 Rialannah 11/2 Race at 13:40
- 14:15 Lady Magic 6/1 Race at 14:15
- 16:00 One For Snowy 2/1 Race at 16:00
Brian Hughes
⚡ Brian Hughes is in the form of his life right now — five winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 19% across more than a thousand rides is not coincidence, that is a jockey peaking at the right moment. Get him onside in the 14:50 when he climbs aboard Nimba, a 163-rated horse that makes this his best chance of the card.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (1036 rides)
- On Nimba (SR 163) in the 14:50
- 13:10 Cowboy Casanova 6/4 Race at 13:10
- 13:40 Karoline Banbou 28/1 Race at 13:40
- 14:15 Rascallion 15/2 Race at 14:15
- 14:50 Nimba 10/11 Race at 14:50
- 15:25 Novelista 15/2 Race at 15:25