Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Wednesday 21 October 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 rolls in carrying four winners from the last seven days and a 25% career strike rate across 1,536 rides — the numbers don't lie, and right now he's as warm as anyone on the card. The one to follow is Muqarrabin in the 16:45, rated 158, and if you're walking past that booking you're doing it wrong.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 25% career strike rate (1536 rides)
- On Muqarrabin (SR 158) in the 16:45
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14:25
Altius T: Charlie Appleby8/11 Race at 14:25
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15:00
Future Role T: Charlie Appleby6/4 Race at 15:00
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15:35
Noble Prince T: Charlie Appleby4/1 Race at 15:35
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16:10
Callianassa T: Brian Ellison5/2 Race at 16:10
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16:45
Muqarrabin T: Charlie Appleby4/6 Race at 16:45
Harry Skelton
⚡ Harry Skelton is running hot right now — eight winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 27% across 1,704 career rides tells you this is no purple patch built on thin air. Get on Lune Brillante in the 15:25; a speed rating of 159 is the class of the card and Skelton in this form is the last jockey you want against you.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (1704 rides)
- On Lune Brillante (SR 159) in the 15:25
- 13:10 Albie Littlewood 5/2 Race at 13:10
- 13:40 Talk To The Man 11/4 Race at 13:40
- 14:50 Frost Moon 5/1 Race at 14:50
- 15:25 Lune Brillante 6/4 Race at 15:25
- 16:35 Delta Blues Belle 4/1 Race at 16:35
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy rolls in with three winners from the last seven days and a 22% career strike rate built on nearly three thousand rides — this is not a jockey finding form, this is a jockey in form. Seven rides across the card today means he'll be everywhere, and at that conversion rate, you'd be daft to let him run past you untracked.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2803 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
- 16:58 Chariots Of Fire 4/1 Race at 16:58
- 17:30 Intangible Truth 14/1 Race at 17:30
- 18:00 Mehen 14/1 Race at 18:00
- 18:30 Farasan 5/1 Race at 18:30
- 19:00 Level Look 7/2 Race at 19:00
- 20:00 Leonie 14/1 Race at 20:00
- 20:30 Ridger 6/4 Race at 20:30
Sean Bowen
⚡ Sean Bowen is running hot with 8 winners in the last seven days, and a 24% career strike rate over 2434 rides tells you this is no streak built on thin air. He climbs aboard Scorpio Rising — rated 148 — in the 13:40, and that is the booking you do not walk past today.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 24% career strike rate (2434 rides)
- On Scorpio Rising (SR 148) in the 13:40
- 13:10 Jamada 5/1 Race at 13:10
- 13:40 Scorpio Rising 13/8 Race at 13:40
- 16:00 Mister des Places 5/2 Race at 16:00
- 16:35 Wispit Twob 25/1 Race at 16:35
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is in the kind of form that makes you sit up — four winners in the last seven days and five more chances today to keep the streak honest. The 17:30 booking on Blistering, rated 143, is the one to watch: that's a top-shelf mount for a jockey running at 18% across nearly 3,000 rides, and right now he's running hotter than that.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2986 rides)
- On Blistering (SR 143) in the 17:30
- 17:30 Blistering 9/1 Race at 17:30
- 18:30 Gold Reef City 12/1 Race at 18:30
- 19:00 Real Dream 10/1 Race at 19:00
- 19:30 Initial Blue 7/1 Race at 19:30
- 20:00 Magna 6/1 Race at 20:00