Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 15 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.
⚡ Oisin Murphy is burning through the week like a man who's been told the clocks stop Sunday — nine winners in seven days is a run that makes you put down your coffee and pay attention. Seven rides across the card today at a career strike rate of 22% means the maths alone says he lands two or three, and right now he's running hotter than the maths.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2674 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
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17:30
Tredegar Square T: James Fanshawe4/6 Race at 17:30
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18:00
Not That Guy T: Hugo Palmer2/1 🏆 WON
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18:30
Chale Chalo T: Tom Dascombe9/2 🥉 3rd
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19:00
R P McMurphy T: Michael Appleby11/4 🏆 WON
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19:30
Ballybunion T: Michael Bell15/8 7th
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20:00
Koffee And Kale T: Michael Bell4/1 🥈 2nd
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20:30
Le Rouge Chinois T: Michael Appleby9/4 Pulled up
Harry Skelton
⚡ Harry Skelton arrives today running hot — three winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 27% across 1616 career rides. Get on Ice Jet in the 15:00; a speed rating of 131 is not a number the market ignores for long.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (1616 rides)
- On Ice Jet (SR 131) in the 15:00
- 14:30 Time In A Bottle 5/2 6th
- 15:00 Ice Jet 4/6 🏆 WON
- 16:30 Time Interval 15/8 12th
James Doyle
⚡ James Doyle rolls into Yarmouth on the back of four winners in seven days, and that 32% course strike rate — seven from 22 — tells you he knows exactly how to read this track. Four rides today, career sitting at a rock-solid 21%, and the booking sheet here is not an accident.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 21% career strike rate (1169 rides)
- 32% strike rate at Yarmouth (7 from 22)
- 15:47 Kigali 14/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:17 Percival 5/1 6th
- 16:47 Miss Nightcap 10/1 Race at 16:47
- 17:18 Creative Queen 2/1 5th
Tom Marquand
⚡ Tom Marquand walks in carrying three winners from the last seven days and a five-ride book that tells you the yard phones are ringing his way right now. Sea La Roma at 14:47 is the one to follow — a speed rating of 153 puts that mount well clear of the typical fare Marquand picks up mid-card, and he does not get on horses like that by accident.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Sea La Roma (SR 153) in the 14:47
- 5 rides across the card
- 14:17 Magic Box 9/2 7th
- 14:47 Sea La Roma 10/3 🥈 2nd
- 15:17 If You Like 12/1 6th
- 16:17 Due To Henry 10/3 7th
- 16:47 Space Bear 7/2 🏆 WON
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is burning hot right now — 8 winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 18% across nearly 3,000 career rides. Get him onside in the 16:47 where he partners Zighy, a 90-rated mount that makes this the standout booking of his six-ride afternoon.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2988 rides)
- On Zighy (SR 90) in the 16:47
- 14:17 Berlinetta - Race at 14:17
- 15:17 I Am Royal 9/1 🥉 3rd
- 15:47 Green Titan 10/1 4th
- 16:17 Echalar 17/2 🥈 2nd
- 16:47 Zighy 5/1 🥉 3rd
- 17:18 Fiorella Princess 5/1 🏆 WON