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Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Monday 6 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.

— Sly Man

Today's headline rider 🔥 IN FORM
8 Rides today
18% Career strike
9 Wins last 7d

⚡ Billy Loughnane is the busiest, hottest rider on the card today — nine winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it is a statement, and the handlers who've handed him eight rides clearly agree. At 18% career strike rate over 1548 rides, the baseline was already there; right now he is running well above it, and you ignore him at your own cost.

  • 9 winners in the last 7 days
  • 8 rides across the card
  • 18% career strike rate (1548 rides)
Today's book 8 rides
  • 14:15 Silks
    Douglas Dc T: Tony Carroll
    9/1 Race at 14:15
  • 14:45 Silks
    Perfect Nation T: George Boughey
    8/11 🏆 WON
  • 15:15 Silks
    Cloud Summit T: George Boughey
    6/1 6th
  • 15:45 Silks
    Worlington T: George Boughey
    4/5 9th
  • 16:15 Silks
    Hoodie Hoo T: Charles Hills
    7/1 5th
  • 16:50 Silks
    Ziggy's Missile T: Robert Cowell
    12/1 9th
  • 17:20 Silks
    Rogue Defence T: Jack Jones
    6/4 🏆 WON
  • 17:55 Silks
    Action Reaction T: George Boughey
    14/1 10th
Today's tally 2 wins 5 unplaced 1 to run
🔥 IN FORM

Cieren Fallon

5 rides 20% 4 wins · 7d

⚡ Cieren Fallon is on a four-winner streak in seven days and walks into today with five chances to extend it — the man is simply in form right now. The one that matters most is Delighfully Hot in the 19:00, a mount carrying a speed rating of 139 that the favourites pages will have clocked, but Fallon's 20% career strike rate tells you he doesn't waste rides like this.

  • 4 winners in the last 7 days
  • 20% career strike rate (705 rides)
  • On Delighfully Hot (SR 139) in the 19:00
Book 5 rides
  • 19:00 Delighfully Hot 14/1 🥈 2nd
  • 19:30 Moostar 3/1 🥈 2nd
  • 20:00 If I Could Dream 22/1 🥉 3rd
  • 20:30 Celebrating Ethel 14/1 11th
  • 21:00 Galaxy Wonder 6/1 🥉 3rd
Today's tally 4 placed 1 unplaced
🔥 IN FORM

Rossa Ryan

3 rides 16% 4 wins · 7d

⚡ Rossa Ryan is red-hot right now — four winners in the last seven days and a 32% strike rate at Lingfield over 101 visits tells you this track holds no secrets for him. Get on Drum Bay in the 14:45; a speed rating of 148 is the standout number on the card and Ryan is the last man you want against you when he walks into a track he owns.

  • 4 winners in the last 7 days
  • On Drum Bay (SR 148) in the 14:45
  • 32% strike rate at Lingfield (AW) (32 from 101)
Book 3 rides
  • 14:45 Drum Bay 9/2 🥈 2nd
  • 16:50 Accrual 13/2 5th
  • 17:20 Santiago Boy 8/1 8th
Today's tally 1 placed 2 unplaced
🔥 IN FORM

David Probert

6 rides 9% 3 wins · 7d

⚡ David Probert is in the form of his life right now — three winners in seven days from a man whose career mark sits at 9% tells you the booking agents have spotted something the headline sheets haven't. Six rides today and a top mount in Minzaal Time (SR 125) at 15:15 means Probert is the name to follow across the card, not just the one race.

  • 3 winners in the last 7 days
  • On Minzaal Time (SR 125) in the 15:15
  • 6 rides across the card
Book 6 rides
  • 14:15 Cezarro 9/2 8th
  • 15:15 Minzaal Time 40/1 7th
  • 15:45 Artavian 8/1 6th
  • 16:15 Counsel 14/1 Race at 16:15
  • 17:20 West Byfleet 11/4 5th
  • 17:55 Moravian 15/2 8th
Today's tally 5 unplaced 1 to run
🔥 IN FORM

Ray Dawson

5 rides 15% 3 wins · 7d

⚡ Ray Dawson comes into today's card red-hot — three winners in the last seven days tells you the hands are working and the eye is sharp. Get him onside in the 18:39 where he partners Speckled Brown, a 127-rated horse that makes this the class booking on a five-ride book the front pages will have slept through.

  • 3 winners in the last 7 days
  • On Speckled Brown (SR 127) in the 18:39
  • 5 rides across the card
Book 5 rides
  • 18:09 Celita Star 66/1 8th
  • 18:39 Speckled Brown 28/1 4th
  • 19:09 Urban Road 11/1 9th
  • 19:40 Reigning Profit 10/3 🏆 WON
  • 20:52 Mare Of London 17/2 6th
Today's tally 1 win 4 unplaced