Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Thursday 29 October 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 in the form of his life right now — six winners in seven days, and a 27% career strike rate that makes him one of the most reliable pilots in the weighing room. Get him onside in the 14:20 where Forthfactor (SR 166) looks like the pick of his six rides today.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (1728 rides)
- On Forthfactor (SR 166) in the 14:20
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13:20
Capricciose T: Dan Skelton15/8 🥉 3rd
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13:50
Brecharnon T: Dan Skelton5/2 🥈 2nd
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14:20
Forthfactor T: Dan Skelton1/6 🏆 WON
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14:50
Drakaris T: Dan Skelton7/2 7th
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15:20
Mr Hope Street T: Dan Skelton4/1 🥉 3rd
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16:20
Dreamingofsunshine T: Alastair Ralph6/1 6th
Sean Bowen
⚡ Sean Bowen is flying right now — four winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 24% across 2,456 career rides, and that is not a fluke, that is a machine in form. Get on Tottie's Moon at 14:00, a 128-rated mount that tells you the yard knows exactly what they're doing booking Bowen today.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 24% career strike rate (2456 rides)
- On Tottie's Moon (SR 128) in the 14:00
- 14:00 Tottie's Moon 33/1 8th
- 15:00 Whatsgoingonmarvin 10/3 🥉 3rd
- 16:00 Fairye Forth 15/8 5th
- 16:30 Filanderer 4/1 6th
Gavin Sheehan
⚡ Gavin Sheehan has landed four winners in the last seven days and walks in today carrying that momentum across just two rides — the volume is low, the calibre is not. He partners Issam in the 15:20, a horse rated 127 on speed figures, and a man running at 23% over 1,331 career rides does not waste a booking like that.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 23% career strike rate (1331 rides)
- On Issam (SR 127) in the 15:20
Kielan Woods
⚡ Kielan Woods is running hot right now — three winners in seven days and a 23% strike rate at Stratford tells you this is not a man you fade on a day he fancies the track. Get Smile John Boy onside at 13:50; a speed rating of 161 is the class of the card and Woods is exactly the pilot you want in the saddle when the form lines are pointing this loudly.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Smile John Boy (SR 161) in the 13:50
- 23% strike rate at Stratford (8 from 35)
- 13:50 Smile John Boy 15/8 🥉 3rd
- 14:20 Dernier Set 28/1 4th
- 14:50 Finjimk 25/1 🥈 2nd
- 15:20 Jipcot 5/1 Unseated
Kieran Shoemark
⚡ Seven rides across the card is a serious statement of intent, and Shoemark arriving in that kind of volume with two winners already banked this week tells you the yard phones have been busy. Space Bob at 13:12 carries a speed rating of 158 — that is the one you circle first.
- 7 rides across the card
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Space Bob (SR 158) in the 13:12
- 12:42 Silent Wisdom 12/1 6th
- 13:12 Space Bob 10/11 Race at 13:12
- 13:42 Singing Blues 25/1 5th
- 14:42 Wisper 11/2 7th
- 15:12 Perfect Location 33/1 9th
- 15:42 Whiteley Way 7/1 7th
- 16:12 Jenny Jerome 11/1 10th