Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Saturday 20 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.
⚡ Ryan Moore is running hot — seven winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 28% across 396 career rides, and they've handed him a seven-ride book today to go with it. When the most clinical jockey on the circuit is in this sort of nick, you back him in every race you can afford to.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 28% career strike rate (396 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
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14:30
Carry The Flag T: A P O'Brien5/2 9th
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15:05
Jan Brueghel T: A P O'Brien9/2 4th
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15:40
Satono Reve T: Noriyuki Hori5/2 🥈 2nd
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16:20
Neolithic T: A P O'Brien18/1 5th
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17:00
Completely Random T: Harry Charlton11/1 🥈 2nd
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17:35
Amadeus Mozart T: A P O'Brien14/1 🥈 2nd
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18:10
Illinois T: A P O'Brien2/1 🏆 WON
Tom Marquand
⚡ Tom Marquand rolls into Ascot on the back of four winners in seven days, and now he's sitting on Binhareer in the Wokingham Stakes at 17:00 — the kind of booking that doesn't land in your lap by accident. A 14% career strike rate across 952 rides tells you he converts when the horse is there, and right now the horse is very much there.
- Fox's pick in the 17:00 Ascot
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- Booked in Wokingham Stakes (Heritage Handicap) at 17:00
- 14:30 Savage Mariner 11/1 19th
- 15:05 Santorini Star 22/1 12th
- 15:40 Almeraq 28/1 🏆 WON
- 16:20 Saber Strike 7/4 6th
- 17:00 Binhareer 7/2 🦊 6th
- 17:35 Princling 15/2 5th
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Seven rides across the card tells you the trainers know something — when Oisin Murphy gets a heavy book, you pay attention. A 22% career strike rate over 1063 rides is the bedrock, and two winners in the last seven days says the eye is sharp right now.
- 22% career strike rate (1063 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- 14:30 Agamemnon 33/1 8th
- 15:05 Giavellotto 10/1 🏆 WON
- 15:40 Sajir 16/1 16th
- 16:20 Into The Sky 6/1 14th
- 17:00 Dubai Bling 28/1 10th
- 17:35 Allegresse 40/1 16th
- 18:10 Berkshire Sundance 12/1 8th
James Doyle
⚡ James Doyle rolls in hot — three winners in the last seven days and seven rides today means the stable phones have been busy on his behalf. A 19% career strike rate over 251 rides tells you this isn't a man who fills up a card by accident; he's worth tracking every single booking.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 19% career strike rate (251 rides)
- 14:30 Flight Signal 10/1 20th
- 15:05 Best Secret 7/1 8th
- 15:40 Flora Of Bermuda 25/1 18th
- 16:20 The Prettiest Star 7/1 11th
- 17:00 Realign 9/1 8th
- 17:35 Sahara King 5/1 10th
- 18:10 French Master 11/2 🥈 2nd
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is running hotter than anyone on the Flat right now — seven winners in seven days from a rider who already converts at 18% across 1,463 career rides is not a coincidence, it's a man in the zone. The Wokingham booking at 17:00 is the one to watch: Heritage Handicaps don't go to jockeys in this kind of form by accident.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1463 rides)
- Booked in Wokingham Stakes (Heritage Handicap) at 17:00
- 15:05 Phantom Flight 125/1 10th
- 15:40 Sayidah Dariyan 50/1 9th
- 16:20 America Queen 25/1 8th
- 17:00 Mitbaahy 33/1 5th
- 17:35 Balzac 28/1 14th
- 18:10 Mr Hollywood 25/1 🥉 3rd