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Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Monday 22 June 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.

— Sly Man

Today's headline rider 🏇 HOT HANDS
4 Rides today
22% Career strike
2 Wins last 7d

⚡ Oisin Murphy rolls in with a 22% career strike rate across 1,070 rides — that's not luck, that's a jockey who converts — and today he gets four chances to add to his two wins from the past seven days. The booking that matters is the 18:45, where House Of Medici carries a speed rating of 154 and Murphy in the plate: the favourites pages can have it.

  • 22% career strike rate (1070 rides)
  • 2 winners in the last 7 days
  • On House Of Medici (SR 154) in the 18:45
Today's book 4 rides
  • 18:15 Silks
    Stoney Wood T: Michael Bell
    12/1 10th
  • 18:45 Silks
    House Of Medici T: Andrew Balding
    5/4 🏆 WON
  • 19:17 Silks
    Nogo's Dream T: Richard Hughes
    9/2 6th
  • 20:20 Silks
    Cabeza De Llave T: Michael Attwater
    9/2 🥉 3rd
Today's tally 1 win 1 placed 2 unplaced
🔥 IN FORM

Billy Loughnane

6 rides 18% 7 wins · 7d

⚡ Billy Loughnane is the hottest jockey on the circuit right now — seven winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it is a statement. Stick him in your multiples and anchor the whole thing around Perfect Nation in the 18:15, a 150-rated horse that deserves a rider in this kind of nick.

  • 7 winners in the last 7 days
  • 18% career strike rate (1475 rides)
  • On Perfect Nation (SR 150) in the 18:15
Book 6 rides
  • 18:15 Perfect Nation 9/4 🥈 2nd
  • 18:45 Star Banner 15/2 🥉 3rd
  • 19:17 Rhythm N Hooves 4/1 🥉 3rd
  • 19:50 Rumbustious 4/1 4th
  • 20:20 Dreambird Dolly 12/1 10th
  • 20:50 Amazing Anita 22/1 7th
Today's tally 3 placed 3 unplaced
🔥 IN FORM

Rossa Ryan

4 rides 16% 5 wins · 7d

⚡ Rossa Ryan is the man in form right now — five winners in seven days and he lands at today's card with four chances to add to that tally. The 18:15 is where you look first: Minzaal Time carries a speed rating of 145, and a rider running this hot does not waste a mount like that.

  • 5 winners in the last 7 days
  • On Minzaal Time (SR 145) in the 18:15
  • 16% career strike rate (1264 rides)
Book 4 rides
  • 18:15 Minzaal Time 11/1 12th
  • 19:17 Bassenthwaite 18/1 9th
  • 20:20 The Feminine Urge 7/1 11th
  • 20:50 Mertoun 4/5 🏆 WON
Today's tally 1 win 3 unplaced
🔥 IN FORM

Clifford Lee

4 rides 17% 5 wins · 7d

⚡ Clifford Lee has landed five winners in the last seven days and arrives today with four rides, so the book is loaded. Minzelle at 14:30 carries a speed rating of 158 and Lee's 17% career strike rate tells you he does not waste a booking like this.

  • 5 winners in the last 7 days
  • On Minzelle (SR 158) in the 14:30
  • 17% career strike rate (211 rides)
Book 4 rides
  • 14:30 Minzelle 5/6 🏆 WON
  • 15:30 Rivera Queen 8/1 7th
  • 16:00 Yorkshire Queen 5/1 7th
  • 17:10 Misemerald 10/1 🥈 2nd
Today's tally 1 win 1 placed 2 unplaced
🔥 IN FORM

Tom Marquand

6 rides 14% 4 wins · 7d

⚡ Tom Marquand is bang in form right now — four winners in the last seven days and a full six-ride book tells you the yards are queuing up for him. The pick of the lot is Fiefdom in the 18:45, a speed-rated 148 that puts Marquand in the right place at the right time on the right horse.

  • 4 winners in the last 7 days
  • On Fiefdom (SR 148) in the 18:45
  • 6 rides across the card
Book 6 rides
  • 18:15 Or Ever 11/1 Race at 18:15
  • 18:45 Fiefdom 9/2 4th
  • 19:17 Almaty Star 14/1 8th
  • 19:50 Impossible Mission 15/2 🥉 3rd
  • 20:20 Honour Your Dreams 8/1 9th
  • 20:50 Palace Artois 9/1 6th
Today's tally 1 placed 4 unplaced 1 to run