Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Friday 3 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.
⚡ Harry Skelton is running hot with 8 winners in the last seven days, and a 27% career strike rate over 630 rides tells you this is no purple patch — the man converts. He lands on Getmyfriend in the 14:10, a horse carrying a speed rating of 157, and that booking is the one the front pages glossed over.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (630 rides)
- On Getmyfriend (SR 157) in the 14:10
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14:10
Getmyfriend T: Dan Skelton9/2 🥉 3rd
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15:20
Miss Kassiopi T: Dan Skelton1/2 🏆 WON
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15:55
Krak T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies11/8 4th
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16:30
Charlus T: Dan Skelton6/1 5th
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17:05
Longhouse Star T: S Curling15/8 🥉 3rd
Ryan Moore
⚡ Ryan Moore arrives today carrying a 28% career strike rate and the kind of seven-day form — five winners — that tells you the man is locked in right now. Get Persica onside in the 15:35; a speed rating of 111 on a jockey running this hot is not a combination you walk past.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 28% career strike rate (414 rides)
- On Persica (SR 111) in the 15:35
- 13:50 Comical Point 7/4 4th
- 14:25 Bint Archange 8/1 🏆 WON
- 15:00 Encounter 7/2 6th
- 15:35 Persica 13/2 🥈 2nd
- 16:10 Duke Of Oxford - Race at 16:10
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane has banged in 8 winners in the last seven days and arrives today with a full book of 7 rides — trainers aren't booking him out of loyalty, they're booking him because he's the hottest pair of hands on the card right now. An 18% career strike rate over 1531 rides already tells you he converts at a serious clip, so on a day like this, with that many chances to fire, you'd be daft to let him slip past you unmarked.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (1531 rides)
- 13:50 Westport 2/1 5th
- 14:25 Havana Flash 10/1 7th
- 15:00 Or Ever 20/1 10th
- 15:35 Glacius 7/1 🥉 3rd
- 16:10 Lazy Griff 8/13 🏆 WON
- 16:42 So Alex 11/4 5th
- 17:15 Triple Double A 7/2 8th
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy rolls in carrying a 22% career strike rate across 1094 rides and three winners already banked in the last seven days — this is a man in the groove, not chasing form. The 18:15 booking on Vastern, rated 145, is the one that matters: that's a serious number on a serious mount, and Murphy doesn't waste rides like this.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1094 rides)
- On Vastern (SR 145) in the 18:15
- 16:37 Last Verse 3/1 🏆 WON
- 17:10 Jindri 9/4 🥈 2nd
- 17:43 Supreme King 9/4 🥈 2nd
- 18:15 Vastern 17/2 🥈 2nd
- 19:18 Lady Of Clover 10/3 🥉 3rd
- 19:53 Blue Orbit 7/2 4th
Daniel Tudhope
⚡ Tudhope is in the kind of red-hot spell that makes a full book of five rides look very dangerous — four winners in the last seven days says this man is seeing gaps that others aren't. The ride that matters most is Blue Faith in the 14:00, a 127-rated mount that screams stable confidence and the sort of top-end booking you don't hand to a jockey who's gone cold.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Blue Faith (SR 127) in the 14:00
- 5 rides across the card
- 14:00 Blue Faith 28/1 11th
- 14:35 Al Muqdad 10/3 5th
- 15:45 Prince Of The Seas 10/1 🥉 3rd
- 16:20 Come On Over 6/4 🏆 WON
- 17:30 Sailor's Return 12/1 6th