Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 8 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 is running hot right now — four winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 28% across 716 career rides is not a blip, it's a pattern. Hidden Fortune in the 17:42 carries a speed rating of 161 and Skelton in this form is exactly the booking you don't walk past.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 28% career strike rate (716 rides)
- On Hidden Fortune (SR 161) in the 17:42
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17:12
Krak T: Dan Skelton15/8 🥈 2nd
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17:42
Hidden Fortune T: Dan Skelton10/11 🏆 WON
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18:12
Lunar Orbit T: Dan Skelton7/4 Pulled up
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18:42
Playful Fox T: Dan Skelton7/2 5th
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19:12
Camino Rocio T: Dan Skelton4/1 4th
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon is on fire right now — seven winners in seven days is the kind of run that makes a 20% career strike rate look conservative, and four rides today means the percentages are stacking up fast. He climbs aboard Al Qayed in the 14:05, a horse with a speed rating of 132, and that is not a booking you walk past.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 20% career strike rate (895 rides)
- On Al Qayed (SR 132) in the 14:05
- 14:05 Al Qayed 20/1 🥉 3rd
- 15:50 Bahadur 4/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:25 Oasis Sunrise 8/1 5th
- 17:00 Mister Bluebird 8/1 🥉 3rd
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is riding the hottest hand in the yard right now — seven winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it's a statement. He partners Muhandes (SR 149) in the 14:17, and that is the booking you do not walk past today.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (1853 rides)
- On Muhandes (SR 149) in the 14:17
- 13:12 Ferrystream 4/1 🥈 2nd
- 13:42 Talamon 13/2 🥉 3rd
- 14:17 Muhandes 5/1 5th
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is on fire right now — eight winners in the last seven days is not a purple patch, it is a full-blown heater, and the booking here is so heavy the card almost has his name on it. La Torre at 13:12 carries a speed rating of 154 and is the standout mount of the seven, which tells you exactly where Ryan's principals want him first out of the stalls.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On La Torre (SR 154) in the 13:12
- 13:12 La Torre 5/2 🥉 3rd
- 13:42 Revoked 33/1 7th
- 14:17 Cites 6/1 9th
- 14:52 Arctic Tsar 5/1 🏆 WON
- 15:27 Black Missile 13/2 6th
- 16:02 Mumayaz 15/2 5th
- 16:32 Queen's Companion 10/1 7th
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy rolls in carrying four winners from the last seven days and a 21% career strike rate across 1,400 rides — this is not a man in a lean spell. Quicken Away in the 14:05 carries a speed rating of 161, and Murphy on a horse that sharp is the booking the front page glossed over.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 21% career strike rate (1400 rides)
- On Quicken Away (SR 161) in the 14:05
- 14:05 Quicken Away 4/7 🏆 WON
- 14:40 Spirit Tango 4/1 🏆 WON
- 15:15 Over Spiced 7/2 🥈 2nd
- 16:25 Blue Wonder 5/2 🏆 WON
- 17:00 Old Is Gold 13/8 🏆 WON