Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Wednesday 30 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.
⚡ Billy Loughnane is in the kind of purple patch that makes you drop everything and follow a jockey blind — nine winners in seven days is not a run of luck, it is a man in form. Seven rides across today's card from a 18% career operator means the numbers are lining up, and I am not standing in his way.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (3078 rides)
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16:25
Real Bullet T: George Boughey10/11 9th
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16:55
Bullrider T: George Boughey20/1 6th
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17:30
Al Thara T: Charles Hills12/1 4th
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18:00
Talamon T: George Boughey10/3 🥈 2nd
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19:00
Studious T: Mark Loughnane22/1 10th
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20:00
Rastnet T: John Butler15/2 6th
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20:30
Beelzebub T: Tony Carroll17/2 7th
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy rolls in with six rides today off the back of three winners in the last seven days, and a career strike rate of 22% across 2,741 rides tells you this is a man who converts when it matters. The one to follow is the 18:00, where he partners Imperialism — speed rating of 148 — and that number does not lie.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2741 rides)
- On Imperialism (SR 148) in the 18:00
- 16:25 Brynmair Gold 12/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:55 Nascent Star 5/1 🥉 3rd
- 17:30 Amico Mio 9/1 5th
- 18:00 Imperialism 15/2 5th
- 18:30 Mr Fustic 5/1 🥈 2nd
- 20:00 Cape Fear 11/4 🥈 2nd
William Buick
⚡ William Buick rolls in carrying a 25% career strike rate across nearly 1,500 rides and has already banked three winners in the last seven days, so the form book is pointing one direction. Four rides today and Votadini — rated 153 — waiting in the 18:00 is the one the favourites pages slept on.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 25% career strike rate (1497 rides)
- On Votadini (SR 153) in the 18:00
- 17:30 Muqarrabin 6/4 🏆 WON
- 18:00 Votadini 5/2 🏆 WON
- 19:30 Wise Approach 9/4 4th
- 20:00 Interstate 3/1 10th
Luke Morris
⚡ Luke Morris is running hot right now — four winners in the last seven days and a 43% strike rate at Catterick (10 from 23) makes him the man to follow around that tight track today. Wardlaw in the 17:25 carries a speed rating of 93 and Morris is the booking the front page missed.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Wardlaw (SR 93) in the 17:25
- 43% strike rate at Catterick (10 from 23)
- 13:57 Redrosecastana 50/1 6th
- 15:07 Star of Jupiter 7/1 4th
- 16:15 Fools Rush In 22/1 🥉 3rd
- 16:50 Society Charm 7/1 10th
- 17:25 Wardlaw 6/5 🥈 2nd
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is running hot right now — six winners in the last seven days is not a purple patch you ignore, and four rides today means this yard isn't wasting the momentum. The 18:00 booking on Sabulo, rated 152, is the one that matters: a career 18% strike rate over nearly three thousand rides tells you Ryan earns his chances, and this looks like the day's banker.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (2909 rides)
- On Sabulo (SR 152) in the 18:00
- 16:55 Gold Reef City 8/1 5th
- 18:00 Sabulo 4/1 9th
- 19:00 Atlas Mountain 28/1 9th
- 20:00 Deedaydiva 50/1 5th