Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 22 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.
⚡ Harry Skelton arrives today firing — three winners in the last seven days, and that 27% career strike rate over 1,625 rides tells you this is no purple patch, it's the base level. Get on Snipe in the 15:40; a speed rating of 126 on a jockey this sharp is the kind of booking the front page walked straight past.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (1625 rides)
- On Snipe (SR 126) in the 15:40
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13:55
Kiwi de Cotte T: Dan Skelton10/11 Race at 13:55
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15:05
Tralee Girl T: Dan Skelton4/7 Race at 15:05
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15:40
Snipe T: Dan Skelton7/2 Race at 15:40
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is ticking over nicely with 2 winners in the last seven days, and that 18% career strike rate over 2,872 rides tells you he converts when the ammunition is right. The ammunition today is Orfilia in the 18:00 — a speed rating of 150 is not a number you walk past.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2872 rides)
- On Orfilia (SR 150) in the 18:00
- 16:20 Flight Tracker 4/6 Race at 16:20
- 16:55 Shipbourne 6/1 Race at 16:55
- 18:00 Orfilia 4/1 Race at 18:00
- 18:30 Inside Story 4/1 Race at 18:30
- 20:00 Courageous Sioux 10/3 Race at 20:00
Daniel Tudhope
⚡ Daniel Tudhope is riding the hottest streak in the yard right now — four winners in seven days, and he walks into today on just three rides, which means every booking counts. Toca Madera at 15:15 carries a speed rating of 101 and this is the one the 18% career man will want on his CV by close of play.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1893 rides)
- On Toca Madera (SR 101) in the 15:15
- 15:15 Toca Madera 10/3 Race at 15:15
- 16:25 Misunderstood 15/8 Race at 16:25
- 17:35 Buckland Belle 11/4 Race at 17:35
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is in the kind of form that makes you put the pen down and just back him — eight winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 22% across 2707 career rides. Four books today, and the one that matters is the 16:20, where My Boy carries a speed rating of 147 and Murphy on top is a combination only a fool walks past.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2707 rides)
- On My Boy (SR 147) in the 16:20
- 16:20 My Boy 6/1 Race at 16:20
- 17:30 Assiri Heights 6/1 Race at 17:30
- 20:00 Goyard 11/2 Race at 20:00
- 20:30 Topteam 9/1 Race at 20:30
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch hits Southwell (AW) at 24% from 156 visits — that is not a coincidence, that is a track he has worked out. News in the 18:00, rated 149, is the mount you circle first.
- 18% career strike rate (1883 rides)
- On News (SR 149) in the 18:00
- 24% strike rate at Southwell (AW) (37 from 156)
- 16:20 Rogue Inferno 10/1 Race at 16:20
- 16:55 Darn Hot Gallop 15/2 Race at 16:55
- 18:00 News 10/3 Race at 18:00
- 19:00 Koffee And Kale 9/4 Race at 19:00
- 20:30 Tryfan 11/1 Race at 20:30