Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Saturday 27 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.
⚡ Cieren Fallon is in the kind of nick that makes bookmakers edgy — five winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 20% across 676 career rides. He's got five shots today and the one that matters is the 15:15 Northumberland Plate, a Heritage Handicap that suits a jockey riding this hot.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 20% career strike rate (676 rides)
- Booked in JenningsBet Northumberland Plate Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) at 15:15
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13:40
Metal Merchant T: John Butler33/1 14th
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14:10
Wiltshire T: William Haggas9/2 11th
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14:40
Artisan Dancer T: Charlie Johnston33/1 18th
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15:15
Kirchner T: James Owen8/1 🥈 2nd
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15:45
Power Fizz T: William Haggas11/4 11th
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is on a one-a-day streak that the booking sheets don't lie about — seven winners in seven days from a man already hitting 22% across 1,083 career rides. Never So Brave at 14:58 carries a speed rating of 120, and that is the ride you circle before you do anything else today.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1083 rides)
- On Never So Brave (SR 120) in the 14:58
- 13:55 Wild Nature 8/1 10th
- 14:25 Naana's Shadow 11/2 🏆 WON
- 14:58 Never So Brave 5/6 🥈 2nd
- 15:38 Who's Lope evn 🥈 2nd
- 16:15 Hallo Spaceboy 11/8 🏆 WON
P J McDonald
⚡ P J McDonald is firing right now — three winners in the last seven days and a 26% strike rate at Newcastle AW (18 from 68) makes him the man to follow on his home patch today. Papercut in the 16:23 carries a speed rating of 150 and McDonald in this mood on that surface is not a combination you walk past.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Papercut (SR 150) in the 16:23
- 26% strike rate at Newcastle (AW) (18 from 68)
- 13:40 Sir Albert 12/1 13th
- 14:10 Marvelman 11/2 🥈 2nd
- 15:45 Pocklington 15/2 4th
- 16:23 Papercut 4/1 🥉 3rd
- 16:58 Sure And Stedfast 10/3 5th
Callum Rodriguez
⚡ Callum Rodriguez rolls into today carrying two winners from the last seven days and a 17% career strike rate that holds up over 591 rides — this is a man in working order, not coasting. Paborus at 14:10 is the one to watch first, SR 105 is a number that doesn't lie, but it's the Heritage Handicap booking at 15:15 that tells you connections think Rodriguez is hot enough to trust in a race that matters.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- Booked in JenningsBet Northumberland Plate Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) at 15:15
- On Paborus (SR 105) in the 14:10
- 14:10 Paborus 7/1 🏆 WON
- 15:15 Blazeon Five 22/1 14th
- 15:45 Al Najashi 7/1 14th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is red-hot right now — six winners in the last seven days from a rider who already converts at 18% over 1,498 career rides. Divine Whisper (SR 160) in the 17:45 is the one to follow; that booking alone tells you the stable knows exactly where the form is sitting.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1498 rides)
- On Divine Whisper (SR 160) in the 17:45
- 17:45 Divine Whisper 1/4 🏆 WON
- 18:15 Alasrae 6/1 6th
- 18:45 Quantum Power 11/8 🏆 WON
- 19:15 Ruler Of Time 10/11 🥈 2nd
- 19:45 Claymore 7/2 🏆 WON
- 20:15 Mohaab 7/2 🥈 2nd