Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 23 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 here firing — four winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 26% across 611 career rides. He's on Coumeenoole in the 18:45, a horse rated 131, and that booking didn't land in his lap by accident.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 26% career strike rate (611 rides)
- On Coumeenoole (SR 131) in the 18:45
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18:45
Coumeenoole T: Dan Skelton8/13 Fell
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20:20
Jafimgoso T: Dan Skelton5/2 4th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is running at a temperature right now — six winners in seven days is a jockey in full flow, not a fluke. He saddles up West Byfleet (speed rating 153) in the 15:30, and that combination of a hot streak and a triple-figure mount is exactly the kind of booking the front pages glossed over.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1481 rides)
- On West Byfleet (SR 153) in the 15:30
- 14:30 On Edge 10/3 🥉 3rd
- 15:00 Isle Of Lismore 13/8 🏆 WON
- 15:30 West Byfleet 7/2 4th
- 16:00 Typeface 7/4 🥉 3rd
- 16:35 Whiskey Sunrise 6/1 5th
- 17:10 Solanna 11/4 🏆 WON
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy carries a 22% career strike rate from 1074 rides — that is not a fluke, that is a machine. He parks himself on Bayside View in the 18:25, a mount rated 160, and you do not put a rider like that on a horse like that unless you mean business.
- 22% career strike rate (1074 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Bayside View (SR 160) in the 18:25
- 17:17 Miss Tango 14/1 7th
- 18:25 Bayside View 8/15 🏆 WON
- 20:05 Baileys Khelstar 7/4 🏆 WON
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan rolls in carrying three winners from the past seven days and a six-ride book that says connections are very much on his wavelength right now. The 15:30 mount on Wid — rated 150 — is the one you circle first, and with Ryan in this nick, that price will not hang around.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Wid (SR 150) in the 15:30
- 6 rides across the card
- 14:30 Proof 5/1 6th
- 15:00 Harry's Halo - Race at 15:00
- 15:30 Wid 11/2 🥈 2nd
- 16:00 Buckland Belle 5/2 Race at 16:00
- 16:35 Knightmare 11/2 🥈 2nd
- 17:10 Meet Me In Meraki 15/2 🥉 3rd
Connor Beasley
⚡ Connor Beasley has been in a purple patch all week — four winners in seven days is the kind of run you back, not ignore. He lands the plum booking too, sitting atop Alterity (SR 149) in the 15:15, and a 15% career strike rate over 264 rides tells you this is a rider who converts when the opportunity is real.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Alterity (SR 149) in the 15:15
- 15% career strike rate (264 rides)
- 14:15 Lady Caroline Lamb 5/6 🏆 WON
- 15:15 Alterity 15/2 🥉 3rd
- 16:17 Qitaal 11/8 🥉 3rd
- 16:52 Wadacre Geisha 5/2 🥈 2nd