Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Sunday 28 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.
⚡ Harry Skelton arrives today carrying three winners from the last seven days and a career strike rate of 27% across 616 rides — numbers that tell you this isn't a man who wastes his Saturdays. Flying Ace in the 14:17 is the one, a speed-rated 159 that puts Skelton exactly where he belongs: on the best thing in the race.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (616 rides)
- On Flying Ace (SR 159) in the 14:17
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13:47
Pony Soprano T: Dan Skelton6/4 🥈 2nd
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14:17
Flying Ace T: Gordon Elliott8/13 🏆 WON
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14:52
Kingston Narcissus T: Dan Skelton9/4 🥈 2nd
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15:27
Riskintheground T: Dan Skelton7/2 🥉 3rd
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16:43
Edelak T: Dan Skelton4/6 🏆 WON
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17:20
Dream's Ka T: Dan Skelton2/1 🏆 WON
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is running hotter than anyone on the card right now — nine winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it is a statement. Get him onside in the 15:12 where Hozam's speed rating of 152 makes that booking look very deliberate indeed.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1504 rides)
- On Hozam (SR 152) in the 15:12
- 14:05 Ice Show 9/1 10th
- 14:37 Aerial Silk 12/1 8th
- 15:12 Hozam 11/8 🥈 2nd
- 16:23 Alafdhal 14/1 6th
- 17:03 Level Up 2/1 🥈 2nd
- 17:37 Cooramook 12/1 🥈 2nd
Ryan Moore
⚡ Ryan Moore rolls in carrying four winners from the last seven days and a career strike rate of 28% across 410 rides — the numbers don't lie, this man is simply in form. He climbs aboard Alpha, rated 159, in the 13:10, and that booking alone tells you everything you need to know about where the day's big money is pointed.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 28% career strike rate (410 rides)
- On Alpha (SR 159) in the 13:10
- 13:10 Alpha 4/5 🏆 WON
- 15:20 Isaac Newton 11/2 6th
- 15:55 Accredited 13/2 Race at 15:55
- 16:35 Benvenuto Cellini 11/8 🏆 WON
- 17:15 Antigua 13/2 12th
Sean Bowen
⚡ Sean Bowen rolls in with seven rides and a 23% career strike rate built over 1,140 outings — this is a man who converts, not a man who fills saddles. The 13:57 booking on Cinating (SR 155) is the one the front pages skipped; Bowen on a triple-figure speed-rated horse in a full book is exactly the kind of day you mark in red.
- 23% career strike rate (1140 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
- On Cinating (SR 155) in the 13:57
- 13:57 Cinating 4/7 Pulled up
- 14:27 Fine As Wine 5/1 Pulled up
- 15:02 Miss Manzor 12/1 🥉 3rd
- 15:37 Goodwin Face 2/1 9th
- 16:15 Pour Les Filles 13/2 🥉 3rd
- 16:55 Star Turn 15/2 🥈 2nd
- 17:28 Ghasham 7/2 🥉 3rd
Dylan Browne McMonagle
⚡ Dylan Browne McMonagle rolls in hot with three winners in the last seven days, and connections clearly trust that run of form — seven rides across the card is a serious book for any jockey. The one to follow him into is the 16:35, where James J Braddock's 119 speed rating makes that booking look less like a favour and more like a plan.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On James J Braddock (SR 119) in the 16:35
- 13:40 Red Evolution 9/1 12th
- 14:45 Zarathos 11/2 5th
- 15:20 Sindria 33/1 5th
- 15:55 Alcantor 7/4 🥈 2nd
- 16:35 James J Braddock 8/1 6th
- 17:15 Satoyama 18/1 6th
- 17:45 Obscenity 4/1 12th