Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Thursday 2 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.
⚡ Sean Bowen is in the kind of form that makes you check his card twice — four winners in seven days off a career strike rate that already sits at a very tidy 23% across 1,152 rides. Get him on Starshine Legend in the 14:18, a mount carrying a speed rating of 148, and you've got the hottest combination on the afternoon card.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 23% career strike rate (1152 rides)
- On Starshine Legend (SR 148) in the 14:18
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14:18
Starshine Legend T: Olly Murphy13/2 5th
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15:18
Gunnery Sergeant T: Gordon Elliott15/8 5th
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15:50
Sonyourastar T: Olly Murphy10/3 4th
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16:25
The Flying Poet T: Olly Murphy7/4 🏆 WON
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17:00
Loro White T: Olly Murphy9/4 Pulled up
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon is running hot — five winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 20% across 694 career rides, so the form is no fluke. The 14:30 booking on Ash Tree, rated 153, is the one that matters today.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 20% career strike rate (694 rides)
- On Ash Tree (SR 153) in the 14:30
- 14:00 Courseyoudo 14/1 8th
- 14:30 Ash Tree 9/4 🏆 WON
- 15:00 On The Queue Tee 12/1 5th
- 15:30 Al Maslool 5/6 🥉 3rd
- 16:05 Empirical 11/10 🏆 WON
- 16:40 Phantom Shadow 17/2 🥈 2nd
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Nine winners in seven days — Billy Loughnane isn't running warm, he's running hot, and the booking team has clearly noticed with eight rides handed his way today. An 18% career strike rate across 1525 rides already tells you he converts, so eight chances at these current odds is a spread the sharp money won't be ignoring.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 8 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (1525 rides)
- 16:55 Veil Of Clouds 11/4 5th
- 17:33 One Of The Boys 5/1 🥉 3rd
- 18:03 Time Saxon Warrior 9/4 4th
- 18:33 Spangled Mac 11/1 7th
- 19:08 Zatsgood 13/8 🥉 3rd
- 19:43 Yaa Min 10/1 🥉 3rd
- 20:17 Night Shining 10/3 Race at 20:17
- 20:53 Serenity Dream 10/3 Race at 20:53
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is in the middle of a genuine purple patch — three winners in seven days — and the booking agents have noticed, handing him seven rides across the card today. The one that counts is Charlie's Cannon in the 16:55, a mount with a speed rating of 149 that screams the stable means business.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Charlie's Cannon (SR 149) in the 16:55
- 16:55 Charlie's Cannon 17/2 🏆 WON
- 18:03 Indian Land 3/1 7th
- 18:33 Blue Prince 11/2 🥉 3rd
- 19:08 Renewal 17/2 9th
- 19:43 Master Vintner 2/1 🥈 2nd
- 20:17 Arctic Wind 12/1 Race at 20:17
- 20:53 Initial Blue 11/2 Race at 20:53
Tom Marquand
⚡ Tom Marquand rolls into Newbury converting at 23% — that's 16 winners from 69 rides at a track where most jockeys are just making up the numbers. He's got Topaz under him in the 18:50 with a speed rating of 154, and after two winners already this week, today looks like his day.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Topaz (SR 154) in the 18:50
- 23% strike rate at Newbury (16 from 69)
- 18:15 Brighlee 18/1 🥉 3rd
- 18:50 Topaz 6/4 🥈 2nd
- 19:25 Tumishi - Race at 19:25
- 20:00 Gallant 16/1 Race at 20:00
- 20:30 Drymee 5/2 Race at 20:30