Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 20 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.
⚡ Cieren Fallon has banged in five winners in the last seven days and arrives here with the hottest hands in the weighing room. The booking on Antonova in the 13:50 — a horse carrying a speed rating of 148 — tells you the yard want him sharp today, and at 18% career strike rate he delivers when the material is this good.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1924 rides)
- On Antonova (SR 148) in the 13:50
Brian Hughes
⚡ Brian Hughes rolls in hot — three winners in the last seven days and a 19% career strike rate over nearly a thousand rides tells you this is not a man who wastes a booking. He lands on Myluckymaker (SR 162) in the 14:01, and that is the ride you circle first.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (993 rides)
- On Myluckymaker (SR 162) in the 14:01
- 14:01 Myluckymaker 5/2 Race at 14:01
- 16:17 Welonlyhavedone 5/1 Race at 16:17
- 16:50 Super Citizen 13/2 Race at 16:50
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is in the kind of form that makes you put the coffee down — five winners in the last seven days, and now six rides today to press the advantage. Avebury Ring at 13:50 carries a speed rating of 154 and that booking alone tells you Ryan is not here to make up the numbers.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2980 rides)
- On Avebury Ring (SR 154) in the 13:50
- 13:50 Avebury Ring 7/2 Race at 13:50
- 14:53 Deedaydiva 11/1 Race at 14:53
- 15:28 John Harrison 9/1 Race at 15:28
- 16:03 Kinetic Force 7/2 Race at 16:03
- 16:38 My Boy Harry 16/1 Race at 16:38
- 17:08 Middleton View 8/1 Race at 17:08
Sean Bowen
⚡ Sean Bowen is on fire right now — eight winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 24% across 2,431 rides is not a purple patch, it's a freight train. Coded Welder in the 15:42 carries a speed rating of 105 and the hottest pair of hands in the weighing room.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 24% career strike rate (2431 rides)
- On Coded Welder (SR 105) in the 15:42
- 15:07 Codger's Rock 4/1 Race at 15:07
- 15:42 Coded Welder 6/4 Race at 15:42
- 16:50 Stay Hopeful 1/1 Race at 16:50
Tom Marquand
⚡ Tom Marquand is on fire right now — nine winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it's a freight train — and when you put him aboard Sea La Roma (SR 158) in the 16:22, you're stacking hot hands on top of serious horsepower. A 16% career strike rate over 2,611 rides tells you he converts when it counts, and today's book of three rides with that mount as the headline is exactly the quiet, loaded afternoon you back without overthinking it.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- On Sea La Roma (SR 158) in the 16:22
- 16% career strike rate (2611 rides)
- 16:22 Sea La Roma 4/6 Race at 16:22
- 16:57 Oursin 4/1 Race at 16:57
- 17:30 Newsreader 11/4 Race at 17:30