Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Thursday 9 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.
⚡ Oisin Murphy arrives at this card in the kind of nick that makes you sit up — four winners from the last seven days, and now connections have handed him a seven-ride book that tells you trainers are queuing up to get him in the plate. A 22% career strike rate over 1,119 rides is the bedrock, but it's the current form that has me watching every one of those seven mounts.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1119 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
-
13:50
Galiyan T: Andrew Balding4/1 🥈 2nd
-
14:25
Adaay Of Scarlett T: Hugo Palmer15/8 🥈 2nd
-
15:00
May Angel T: John & Thady Gosden16/1 8th
-
15:35
Almeric T: Andrew Balding13/2 🥉 3rd
-
16:10
Scommessa Sicura T: Andrew Balding9/2 🏆 WON
-
16:45
Oxagon T: John & Thady Gosden9/1 5th
-
17:20
Lion Of Alba T: Hugo Palmer4/1 7th
William Buick
⚡ William Buick rolls in hot — three winners in the last seven days and seven rides today means the Godolphin man is primed to do serious damage across this card. An 18% career strike rate over 304 rides is the bedrock, but it's the current momentum that has me marking every one of his bookings in red.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 18% career strike rate (304 rides)
- 13:50 Del Maro 13/8 🥉 3rd
- 14:25 Inner City Blues 5/6 🏆 WON
- 15:00 Man Of Vision 11/2 13th
- 15:35 Rebel's Romance 6/5 🏆 WON
- 16:10 Peaceful Charm 8/13 4th
- 16:45 Morris Dancer 11/8 7th
- 17:20 Shafdar 20/1 Race at 17:20
David Allan
⚡ David Allan walks into Newmarket with four winners in the last seven days and a single ride to show for it — when a man's running that hot and they give him just one bullet, Red Spells Danger in the 15:00 is where every penny should be pointed. That 11% career strike rate undersells what he's doing right now, and the marquee booking tells you the connections already know it.
- Fox's pick in the 15:00 Newmarket
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- Booked in Betway Handicap (Heritage Handicap) at 15:00
- 15:00 Red Spells Danger 7/1 🦊 4th
James Doyle
⚡ James Doyle arrives on the back of two winners in the last seven days, and at 18% career strike rate from 276 rides he is not a man who wastes a book like the 15:00 Betway Handicap. Six rides today means he is here to work, and that Heritage Handicap slot is the one I am watching closest.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (276 rides)
- Booked in Betway Handicap (Heritage Handicap) at 15:00
- 13:50 Point Of Law 3/1 🏆 WON
- 15:00 Ghost Mode 22/1 6th
- 15:35 Arabian Crown 28/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:10 Tegernsee 40/1 9th
- 16:45 Conclave 8/1 🥉 3rd
- 17:20 Parole D'oro 11/1 4th
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is the hottest body on the card right now — four winners in seven days and seven rides booked tells you the yards are phoning him first, not second. Get on Wolf Bay in the 18:17; a speed rating of 146 makes that the needle in the haystack and Ryan doesn't pick up mounts like that by accident.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Wolf Bay (SR 146) in the 18:17
- 17:13 Global Success 4/1 🥈 2nd
- 17:45 Ennerdale Water 10/1 7th
- 18:17 Wolf Bay 17/2 11th
- 18:52 Black Endeavour 7/2 6th
- 19:27 The Dragon King 9/1 8th
- 20:02 Queen's Companion 7/2 🏆 WON
- 20:37 Aukus 16/1 5th