Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Monday 29 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.
⚡ Oisin Murphy is running red-hot right now — eight winners in the last seven days is a streak you don't ignore, and he steps into today's six rides with his eye clearly in. The one to follow is the 18:30, where he partners Absolute Diamond, a horse carrying a stratospheric speed rating of 154 that the favourites pages will have clocked but punters should be backing with conviction.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1088 rides)
- On Absolute Diamond (SR 154) in the 18:30
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18:00
Tropbien T: John & Thady Gosden4/5 🥈 2nd
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18:30
Absolute Diamond T: David Evans4/1 4th
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19:00
Regal Envoy T: William Knight7/2 7th
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19:30
Apex Star T: William Knight13/2 11th
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20:00
A Taste Of Glory T: Andrew Balding11/4 🥉 3rd
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21:00
Amazonian Dream T: Rod Millman9/2 🥈 2nd
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is the name to follow today — six winners in the last seven days tells you he's in one of those purple patches where everything he touches turns, and seven rides across the card means punters get plenty of chances to back him. An 18% career strike rate over 1,510 rides is the foundation; the form of the last week is the accelerant.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (1510 rides)
- 14:22 This Moment 6/4 🥈 2nd
- 14:52 In Denial 16/1 5th
- 15:22 Zighy 11/8 🥈 2nd
- 15:52 Flyta 7/2 🏆 WON
- 16:22 Port Erin 6/1 5th
- 16:52 Marquessofanglesey 15/8 5th
- 17:22 Worlington 5/4 🏆 WON
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch is in the kind of week where you don't fight him — three winners in seven days and five rides today says the yard phones are ringing his number. The Monkey King at 17:45 carries a speed rating of 145, and that is the one you circle first.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On The Monkey King (SR 145) in the 17:45
- 5 rides across the card
- 17:45 The Monkey King 5/1 6th
- 19:15 Sovereigns High 9/1 🥉 3rd
- 19:45 Revelance 9/2 7th
- 20:15 Naval Command 17/2 9th
- 20:45 Nelson Gate 10/3 5th
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon is in the kind of hot spell that makes you put the paper down — five winners in seven days from a man who already converts one in five over a 685-ride career. He climbs aboard Firehorse (SR 137) in the 19:15, and that booking on a horse with that rating tells you everything about where the stable thinks today's ammunition is loaded.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 20% career strike rate (685 rides)
- On Firehorse (SR 137) in the 19:15
- 17:45 Lucky Larry 50/1 9th
- 19:15 Firehorse 14/1 🏆 WON
- 19:45 Farasi Lane 12/1 5th
- 20:15 Golden Horse 7/2 🥈 2nd
Daniel Tudhope
⚡ Tudhope is in the form of his life right now — three winners in seven days and a 22% strike rate at Pontefract from 49 rides tells you this track fits him like a glove. Sedeirah lands a rating of 144 in the 15:30, and with the course form backing him up, that is the one you cannot walk past today.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Sedeirah (SR 144) in the 15:30
- 22% strike rate at Pontefract (11 from 49)
- 15:30 Sedeirah 9/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:00 Kaleido 10/3 🥈 2nd
- 16:30 Queen Sana 7/2 6th