Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Monday 26 October 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 firing on all cylinders — four winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 22% across 2,818 career rides. Eight bookings today means he is all over this card, and that is not a coincidence.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (2818 rides)
- 8 rides across the card
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16:10
Imperial Ballet T: Andrew Balding6/5 🏆 WON
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16:45
Idealise T: Andrew Balding13/8 6th
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17:15
Raslan T: George Boughey9/2 4th
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17:45
Weffaag T: William Haggas3/1 4th
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18:15
Allaire T: Andrew Balding4/1 🥈 2nd
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18:45
Breathe Easy T: Andrew Balding7/2 4th
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19:15
Kathleen Mary T: Gihan Arnolda7/2 🥈 2nd
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20:15
Shopaholic T: Jack Jones7/1 12th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Eight winners in seven days and now seven rides on the card — Billy Loughnane is not here to make up numbers. An 18% career strike rate over 3,211 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan, and today's heavy book means the yards have clocked exactly what we're clocking.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (3211 rides)
- 17:30 Yamnah 3/1 🏆 WON
- 18:00 Toastmaster 7/2 🏆 WON
- 18:30 Honey Dale 15/8 🏆 WON
- 19:00 Prosewriter 7/1 🏆 WON
- 19:30 Courageous Sioux 9/2 4th
- 20:00 Hallandale Beach 7/1 Race at 20:00
- 20:30 Vaguely Royal 9/4 4th
Tom Marquand
⚡ Tom Marquand is in the middle of a full-blown hot streak — six winners in the last seven days — and connections have noticed, cramming him with seven rides across today's card. The one that matters most is Big Money in the 19:00, a horse carrying a speed rating of 156 that makes the rest of that field look like they're running in a different race.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Big Money (SR 156) in the 19:00
- 17:30 Tempestra 3/1 🥉 3rd
- 18:00 Yimmna 11/2 🥈 2nd
- 18:30 Sonbelievable 2/1 🥈 2nd
- 19:00 Big Money 10/11 🥈 2nd
- 19:30 Encore 7/2 7th
- 20:00 Kinnalargy 6/1 4th
- 20:30 Benvoy 2/1 🥉 3rd
Jack Callan
⚡ Jack Callan is running hot with three winners in the past seven days, and a 25% strike rate at Leicester — five from twenty — makes him the man to follow at this track. Dark Princess in the 13:07 carries a speed rating of 148, and when a jockey in this kind of nick lands a mount that strong, you don't walk past it.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Dark Princess (SR 148) in the 13:07
- 25% strike rate at Leicester (5 from 20)
- 13:07 Dark Princess 7/1 6th
- 13:37 Giant of Old 5/1 6th
- 14:07 Serenity Bay 28/1 7th
- 14:39 Miss Mambo 28/1 12th
- 15:14 Rhoscolyn 15/2 🏆 WON
Jason Hart
⚡ Jason Hart rolls in hot — three winners in the last seven days, and now connections have handed him a full six-ride book that tells you the yards trust where his head is at right now. The one to follow is Wadacre Icon in the 13:55, a 153-rated mount that puts Hart in the grade where his booking stops looking like a coincidence.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Wadacre Icon (SR 153) in the 13:55
- 6 rides across the card
- 12:55 Sir Terry Hadley 40/1 7th
- 13:25 Sweet Love 12/1 13th
- 13:55 Wadacre Icon 4/1 5th
- 14:25 Caim 5/1 9th
- 15:00 Phoenix of Dreams 9/2 8th
- 15:35 Miss Rainbow 17/2 🥉 3rd