Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Wednesday 16 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.
⚡ William Buick's 25% career strike rate across 1467 rides is the benchmark of a man who doesn't waste your time, and six rides today means he's here to work. Get Altius marked up in the 14:20 — a speed rating of 156 puts that mount clear of the field before the stalls open.
- 25% career strike rate (1467 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Altius (SR 156) in the 14:20
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14:20
Altius T: Charlie Appleby8/15 🥉 3rd
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14:55
Saint Of Seville T: John & Thady Gosden9/4 5th
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15:30
Cerro Blanco T: Charlie Appleby11/10 🏆 WON
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16:05
Lightning Glory T: Simon & Ed Crisford6/1 4th
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16:40
Mythological Star T: Daniel & Claire Kubler5/1 8th
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17:10
Mmmbop T: Daniel & Claire Kubler5/1 4th
Tom Marquand
⚡ Tom Marquand is bang in form — four winners in the last seven days from a man whose 16% career strike rate already marks him out as someone worth following when the bookings pile up. Seven rides across the card today, and the one that matters is Divine Rhythm in the 15:06, a 152-rated mount that trainers don't hand to a jockey unless they mean business.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Divine Rhythm (SR 152) in the 15:06
- 13:56 Three Non Blondes 10/1 12th
- 14:31 Blue Sign 28/1 5th
- 15:06 Divine Rhythm 9/4 🥉 3rd
- 15:41 Rhapsody 3/1 4th
- 16:12 Masked Warrior 7/1 11th
- 16:45 Princess Honey Bee 14/1 6th
- 17:15 Startled Lady 15/2 🥉 3rd
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is running hot — seven winners in the last seven days, and Saturday's given him a heavy book of seven rides to cash in on it. A 22% career strike rate over 2,680 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan, and right now he is the man to follow across the card.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2680 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
- 13:45 Zoustar Dreams 11/2 🥉 3rd
- 14:20 Imperial Nation 9/1 🥈 2nd
- 14:55 Chapron 5/1 🥉 3rd
- 15:30 Nahraan 9/2 🥉 3rd
- 16:05 Sydney Rock 14/1 6th
- 16:40 Edwin Hubble 11/4 🥉 3rd
- 17:10 Albertini Star 8/1 🏆 WON
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch is bang in form — five winners in the last seven days from a man who already runs a 19% career strike rate across nearly 1,900 rides, which tells you this is no hot streak built on air. Get him onside in the 14:20, where he partners Hierax off a rating of 141, a mount that the big-name pages have somehow left for us.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (1868 rides)
- On Hierax (SR 141) in the 14:20
- 14:20 Hierax 11/1 5th
- 15:30 Blue RC 28/1 4th
- 16:05 Oh Yes You Do 4/1 9th
- 17:10 Sterling Fortune 16/1 11th
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon has rattled up six winners in the last seven days and now walks in with a five-ride book — that is not coincidence, that is a jockey the yards are chasing. Eighteen percent across 1,819 career rides already marks him as reliable, but right now he is running hot and you back hot.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1819 rides)
- 5 rides across the card
- 13:45 Secret Handsheikh 14/1 8th
- 15:30 Crown of Oaks 16/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:05 Luminare 4/1 8th
- 16:40 Brighton Beach 9/4 4th
- 17:10 Sweet Horizon 17/2 5th