Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Wednesday 9 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.
⚡ Oisin Murphy is running hot right now — eight winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 21% across 1,405 career rides. Point him at Lex Victoria in the 18:30, rated 158, and you're not looking for an angle; you're looking at the standout booking of the card.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 21% career strike rate (1405 rides)
- On Lex Victoria (SR 158) in the 18:30
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17:30
Assiri Heights T: Andrew Balding9/1 🥈 2nd
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18:30
Lex Victoria T: Simon & Ed Crisford5/6 🏆 WON
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19:00
Cosmic Girl T: Andrew Balding12/1 5th
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19:30
Bundok T: Hughie Morrison15/2 🥉 3rd
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20:30
Bintaryana T: William Knight11/8 🥉 3rd
David Egan
⚡ David Egan has hit a rich vein — five winners in the last seven days and now handed a five-ride card to press the advantage. The headline slot is the 18:30 aboard Dreamology, a 150-rated mount that tells you exactly why the shrewd yards are throwing him the keys right now.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- On Dreamology (SR 150) in the 18:30
- 5 rides across the card
- 17:30 Oro Palacio 20/1 5th
- 18:00 Gunfighter 13/2 🏆 WON
- 18:30 Dreamology 5/1 5th
- 19:30 Mojito 5/1 13th
- 20:00 Uzincso 9/2 6th
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is the hottest rider on the circuit right now — seven winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it is a full-blown heist in progress. Stick him up on State Of America in the 18:30, a 124-rated horse that deserves a jockey riding this well, and you have the standout booking of the card.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- On State Of America (SR 124) in the 18:30
- 5 rides across the card
- 17:00 The Bureau Club 7/2 5th
- 18:00 Asteverdi 9/1 🥉 3rd
- 18:30 State Of America 33/1 Race at 18:30
- 19:30 Moon Beginnings 7/1 9th
- 20:00 Minerality 17/2 12th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is in the form of his life right now — four winners in the last seven days from a man already clicking at 19% across nearly 1,900 career rides. Get him onside in the 17:30, where Mercantile's speed rating of 155 makes him the standout booking of the card.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (1856 rides)
- On Mercantile (SR 155) in the 17:30
- 17:00 Mmmbop 13/2 4th
- 17:30 Mercantile 6/4 🏆 WON
- 18:30 Sioux Empress 17/2 Race at 18:30
- 19:00 Enchanted Queen 4/6 🏆 WON
- 19:30 Musical Soldier 5/2 🥈 2nd
- 20:00 Wyvill 10/1 🥉 3rd
Daniel Tudhope
⚡ Tudhope is quietly red-hot right now — two winners in the last seven days and a 24% strike rate at Carlisle that blows his career average clean out of the water. Get on Orfilia at 14:12; a speed rating of 149 is the kind of number that makes five rides look like one very important one.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Orfilia (SR 149) in the 14:12
- 24% strike rate at Carlisle (8 from 34)
- 14:12 Orfilia 4/1 8th
- 15:12 Blue Hercules 9/2 🥉 3rd
- 16:17 Little Beck Annie 7/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:47 Hostility 11/2 9th
- 17:17 Sandy Craic 15/2 5th