Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Sunday 19 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.
⚡ Harry Skelton is running hot — six winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it's a man locked in — and with just two rides today, every booking counts double. High Aura's 158 speed rating in the 14:30 is the headline act, and Skelton in this form on a horse that well-credentialled is the only angle worth marking on your card.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (658 rides)
- On High Aura (SR 158) in the 14:30
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14:30
High Aura T: Dan Skelton8/13 🥉 3rd
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15:05
Getmyfriend T: Dan Skelton10/3 🏆 WON
Sean Bowen
⚡ Sean Bowen's 23% career strike rate over 1191 rides is not a fluke — that's a jockey who converts, and the booking on Sir Tivo (SR 123) in the 15:58 is the one the morning papers glossed over. Two winners in the last seven days tells you the hands are warm, and this looks like ride number three on a horse with the numbers to justify it.
- 23% career strike rate (1191 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Sir Tivo (SR 123) in the 15:58
- 14:48 Stellarmasterpiece 6/4 🏆 WON
- 15:23 Charging Thunder 5/4 🏆 WON
- 15:58 Sir Tivo 9/1 🏆 WON
Dylan Browne McMonagle
⚡ Dylan Browne McMonagle is operating in a different gear right now — eight winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it is a statement. He climbs aboard Star Performer in the 14:10, a rating of 153 on his best mount of the day, and with five rides to press his case across the card, you want him onside.
- 8 winners in the last 7 days
- On Star Performer (SR 153) in the 14:10
- 5 rides across the card
- 14:10 Star Performer 10/3 🏆 WON
- 14:40 Citrus Springs 20/1 Race at 14:40
- 15:50 Sanctijude 11/2 4th
- 16:25 Al Riffa evn 🥉 3rd
- 17:00 Seven Nation Army 3/1 🥈 2nd
Colin Keane
⚡ Colin Keane has hit a hot streak — four winners in the last seven days from a man who converts at 16% over nearly a thousand rides tells you this is form, not noise. Five rides across the card and the plum booking is Abbotsford (SR 151) in the 17:30, a mount the lazy money will underestimate.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Abbotsford (SR 151) in the 17:30
- 5 rides across the card
- 13:40 La Tache 8/1 🏆 WON
- 15:15 Audience 5/1 🥉 3rd
- 15:50 Mallavelly 9/4 🥉 3rd
- 17:00 I Ready 6/1 🏆 WON
- 17:30 Abbotsford 5/2 Race at 17:30
James Bowen
⚡ James Bowen arrives here in form, two winners in the last seven days sharpening the eye of a rider who already converts at 18% across 618 career rides. The 16:33 is the one to watch — Artiste d'Ainay sits on a speed rating of 101, and Bowen does not get on horses like that by accident.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (618 rides)
- On Artiste d'Ainay (SR 101) in the 16:33
- 15:23 Hillview 12/1 5th
- 16:33 Artiste d'Ainay 11/10 4th