Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 29 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.
⚡ Billy Loughnane is the name to follow today — seven winners in the last seven days tells you the yard phones are ringing his number for a reason, and nine rides across the card means the booking teams have noticed. An 18% career strike rate over 3,069 rides is the bedrock; the current form is the reason you back him now, not next week.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 9 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (3069 rides)
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16:30
Love You More T: Joseph Parr5/1 4th
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17:00
Arundel T: Ed Dunlop6/4 🥉 3rd
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17:30
Battlefield Boy T: Dylan Cunha7/2 4th
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18:00
Dark Mandate T: Eve Johnson Houghton9/4 🏆 WON
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18:30
Oxbridge T: George Boughey8/11 🥉 3rd
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19:00
Rye T: Tony Carroll13/2 4th
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19:30
Notable Charm T: Marcus Tregoning11/10 🥉 3rd
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20:00
Offiah's Boy T: Joe Tickle17/2 4th
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20:30
African Spirit T: Ian Williams5/2 🏆 WON
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch is red-hot right now — four winners in seven days, and an 18% career strike rate across nearly 2,000 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan. He gets the plum booking too, partnering Gilded Call (speed rating 154) in the 18:30, and that is the one the layers will not want to see him near.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1907 rides)
- On Gilded Call (SR 154) in the 18:30
- 16:30 Read All About It 13/2 Pulled up
- 17:30 Ensor Mews 5/1 🥉 3rd
- 18:00 Able Astra 33/1 5th
- 18:30 Gilded Call 3/1 4th
- 19:00 Go Lockers Go 9/1 🏆 WON
- 20:00 Kev 5/2 🏆 WON
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is on fire right now — seven winners in the last seven days, and connections have clearly noticed, handing him a heavy book of seven rides today. An 18% career strike rate over nearly 3,000 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan; he's the man to follow across the card.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (2903 rides)
- 14:32 Two Plus Two 13/2 7th
- 15:02 Rating 5/1 🥈 2nd
- 15:32 Divide And Conquer 2/5 🏆 WON
- 16:02 Correspondence 12/1 4th
- 16:35 Snow On The Beach 11/2 Race at 16:35
- 17:07 Evie Ross 12/1 6th
- 17:37 Charlie Boyo 3/1 🥉 3rd
W. J. Lee
⚡ W. J. Lee has five winners in the last seven days and six rides today — that is a man the layers need to be watching, not ignoring. Get him on Duchessofaquitaine in the 16:25, a 151-rated mount that tells you exactly how seriously the yards are taking his current run.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- On Duchessofaquitaine (SR 151) in the 16:25
- 6 rides across the card
- 14:55 My Cubby Bear 12/1 🥈 2nd
- 15:25 Linger For Longer 14/1 16th
- 15:55 Manton Bay 11/2 Race at 15:55
- 16:25 Duchessofaquitaine 9/2 Race at 16:25
- 16:55 Victory Tip 10/1 Race at 16:55
- 17:25 Cause I Like You 9/2 Race at 17:25
Brian Hughes
⚡ Brian Hughes is running hot — five winners in the last seven days and a 19% career strike rate across nearly a thousand rides tells you this isn't a man in a purple patch, it's a man doing his job. Get on Steel Raven in the 14:45; a speed rating of 160 and Hughes in the saddle is the booking the front pages skimmed straight past.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (957 rides)
- On Steel Raven (SR 160) in the 14:45
- 14:45 Steel Raven 8/13 🏆 WON
- 15:15 Tanking Along 11/4 🏆 WON
- 15:45 Lillistar 7/2 🥉 3rd