Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Wednesday 22 July 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.
⚡ Sean Bowen is running hot with five winners in the last seven days, and a 23% career strike rate over nearly 1,200 rides tells you this is no purple patch — the man delivers. Get on Starshine Legend in the 15:30; a speed rating of 144 is the number the booking pages glossed over.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 23% career strike rate (1194 rides)
- On Starshine Legend (SR 144) in the 15:30
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13:55
Traveling Soldier T: Olly Murphy15/2 🥈 2nd
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14:25
Regal Renaissance T: Jack Jones5/2 🥉 3rd
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15:30
Starshine Legend T: Olly Murphy8/1 7th
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16:00
Tilehurst T: Neil Mulholland11/2 🏆 WON
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16:30
Little Ledgend T: Olly Murphy11/4 🥈 2nd
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17:05
Mancero T: David Pipe4/1 🏆 WON
Harry Skelton
⚡ Harry Skelton is red-hot right now — six winners in seven days is a jockey in a different gear to everyone else at the track today. That 27% career rate already marks him out, and when you put him on Iwanttobreakfree (SR 154) at 15:00, you're looking at the banker of the afternoon.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (663 rides)
- On Iwanttobreakfree (SR 154) in the 15:00
- 15:00 Iwanttobreakfree 5/4 🥈 2nd
- 16:00 Playful Fox 4/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:30 The Grayster 4/1 🏆 WON
- 17:05 Back To Cali 6/4 9th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is the hottest name on the card right now — seven winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it's a man riding with his eyes shut and still finding the line. He partners Asuka in the 19:40, a mount carrying a speed rating of 94, and you don't hand a horse like that to a jockey who isn't delivering.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1618 rides)
- On Asuka (SR 94) in the 19:40
- 18:10 Emma's Letter 3/1 🥉 3rd
- 18:40 Lucky Sevens evn 4th
- 19:10 Romidijo 5/2 🥈 2nd
- 19:40 Asuka 1/50 🏆 WON
- 20:10 Kaori 11/2 5th
- 20:40 Zaltalla 11/4 🥉 3rd
Colin Keane
⚡ Colin Keane is on fire right now — seven winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it's a man in a different gear to everyone else on the card. April Mist at 18:30 carries a 150 speed rating and Keane sitting on top of her with six rides booked tells you the connections know exactly what they've got.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- On April Mist (SR 150) in the 18:30
- 6 rides across the card
- 17:30 Anglesea Bridge 12/1 14th
- 18:00 Ninth Crusade 11/1 6th
- 18:30 April Mist 10/1 7th
- 19:00 Chantez 18/1 4th
- 20:00 Watch Tower 11/4 8th
- 20:30 Suzie Songs 5/2 🏆 WON
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is on fire right now — five winners in the last seven days and a five-ride book today tells you the yard phones are ringing his number for a reason. The standout is Zen Diva in the 20:20, a 90-rated mount that looks like the bookings page buried for the favourites crowd to miss.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- On Zen Diva (SR 90) in the 20:20
- 5 rides across the card
- 18:20 Star Velocity 2/9 🏆 WON
- 18:50 Able Astra 13/2 5th
- 19:20 Musical Accord - Race at 19:20
- 20:20 Zen Diva 13/8 Race at 20:20
- 20:50 Goldenstateofmind 16/1 8th