Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 3 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.
⚡ Harry Skelton is in the form of his life right now — 10 winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 27% across 1,747 career rides. Get him onside in the 12:53 where he picks up Kelly Burn, a 163-rated mount that tells you the yard knows exactly what they're doing putting Skelton in the saddle today.
- 10 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (1747 rides)
- On Kelly Burn (SR 163) in the 12:53
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12:18
Loriko T: Dan Skelton9/4 Race at 12:18
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12:53
Kelly Burn T: Dan Skelton7/4 Race at 12:53
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13:28
Trigg T: Dan Skelton10/11 Race at 13:28
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14:03
Berry Edge T: Dan Skelton5/2 Race at 14:03
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14:38
Playful Fox T: Dan Skelton5/4 Race at 14:38
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane arrives at this card on the back of 3 winners in seven days and a 9-ride book that screams stable confidence, not casual fill-ins. An 18% career strike rate over 3233 rides tells you this lad converts — pile that many opportunities into one afternoon and the law of averages bends his way.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 9 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (3233 rides)
- 16:30 Rovinia 8/1 Race at 16:30
- 17:00 Groundsman 16/1 Race at 17:00
- 17:30 Bibury Star 7/1 Race at 17:30
- 18:00 Casting Coach 6/1 Race at 18:00
- 18:30 Fancy Dancer 13/2 Race at 18:30
- 19:00 Um Wadi 7/2 Race at 19:00
- 19:30 Yes I'm Mali - Race at 19:30
- 20:00 Atalanta Mist 4/1 Race at 20:00
- 20:30 Jodhpur Blue 11/2 Race at 20:30
Gavin Sheehan
⚡ Gavin Sheehan is running hot — six winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 23% across 1,344 career rides. He gets just the one shot today and it's a cracker: Changing Lanes carries a speed rating of 159 into the 12:53, which is not a mount you pass over lightly.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 23% career strike rate (1344 rides)
- On Changing Lanes (SR 159) in the 12:53
Jack Kennedy
⚡ Jack Kennedy comes in hot off three winners in the last seven days, and a 23% career strike rate across 1267 rides tells you this isn't a purple patch — it's a standard Tuesday for him. Bon Bon Fizz in the 13:45 carries a speed rating of 154, and that's the one you mark in ink, not pencil.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 23% career strike rate (1267 rides)
- On Bon Bon Fizz (SR 154) in the 13:45
- 12:00 Speculateur 10/3 Race at 12:00
- 13:45 Bon Bon Fizz 8/11 Race at 13:45
- 14:20 Quinta Do Lago 15/8 Race at 14:20
Sean Bowen
⚡ Sean Bowen is running at a temperature right now — eight winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 24% across nearly 2,500 rides tells you this is no fluke streak. The 12:53 is the one to watch: Thisonesforyou carries a 146 rating and Bowen in this mood is exactly the booking you want on a horse with that kind of ceiling.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 24% career strike rate (2479 rides)
- On Thisonesforyou (SR 146) in the 12:53
- 12:53 Thisonesforyou 9/1 Race at 12:53
- 14:03 Woodstock City 11/2 Race at 14:03
- 14:38 Coastguard Station 9/2 Race at 14:38
- 15:48 Kentucky River 11/2 Race at 15:48