Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Wednesday 15 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 carries a 23% career strike rate across 1178 rides — that's not luck, that's a man who knows where the finish line is. The booking that matters today is Cougarontheloose in the 14:18, a horse with a speed rating of 157 that the front pages somehow slept on.
- 23% career strike rate (1178 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Cougarontheloose (SR 157) in the 14:18
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14:18
Cougarontheloose T: Olly Murphy10/3 4th
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14:48
Brenda Lady T: David Rees11/1 10th
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15:48
Ask A Sainte T: Olly Murphy5/4 Pulled up
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16:18
Ukantango T: Olly Murphy13/2 4th
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16:48
Kayla's Friend T: Olly Murphy7/2 8th
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17:25
Downtown Nashville T: Olly Murphy5/1 🥉 3rd
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is running hot — 10 winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it is a statement, and a 22% career strike rate over 1154 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan. Get him onside in the 18:10; War Gaming's speed rating of 157 is the number that matters, and Murphy in this form aboard a horse of that class is a booking you do not ignore.
- 10 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1154 rides)
- On War Gaming (SR 157) in the 18:10
- 17:35 Starship Lily 3/1 4th
- 18:10 War Gaming 6/5 🥉 3rd
- 18:40 Up The Agenda 15/2 6th
- 19:10 Spaceage Love Song 5/2 🥈 2nd
- 19:40 Lieutenant Sir 3/1 6th
Dylan Browne McMonagle
⚡ Dylan Browne McMonagle is the man to follow today — five winners in the last seven days tells you the hands are live, and seven rides across the card means the stables with something to say are saying it through him. The 18:30 is the one to mark: Cello Sonata carries a speed rating of 153, and that is not a number trainers waste on a jockey who isn't sparking.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Cello Sonata (SR 153) in the 18:30
- 17:30 Love Orchid 15/2 4th
- 18:00 Venetian Power 17/2 🏆 WON
- 18:30 Cello Sonata 10/3 🥈 2nd
- 19:00 Green Carrera 9/4 🥈 2nd
- 19:30 Tortola 5/1 13th
- 20:00 Highway Sixty One 11/2 10th
- 20:30 Moyassr 9/1 6th
Colin Keane
⚡ Colin Keane is in the form of his life right now — seven winners in the last seven days tells you everything about where his head is at. He carries that momentum into a packed seven-ride book today, and Pints Of Glory in the 18:00 is the one to follow, that 142 speed rating marking it out as the class act of his afternoon.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Pints Of Glory (SR 142) in the 18:00
- 17:30 Cosmic Funk 6/1 5th
- 18:00 Pints Of Glory 12/1 4th
- 18:30 Elusive Path 10/3 🥉 3rd
- 19:00 Sky Watch 16/1 🥉 3rd
- 19:30 Secret Magician 11/1 5th
- 20:00 Limbocall 14/1 15th
- 20:30 Sonic Invader 5/1 7th
Harry Skelton
⚡ Harry Skelton converts at 27% over 649 career rides — that is not a jockey you quietly ignore when he walks into the paddock. He is on Redbarn in the 17:25, a horse rated 156, and two winners already banked this week tells you the hands are warm.
- 27% career strike rate (649 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Redbarn (SR 156) in the 17:25
- 14:18 Fine Thing 9/4 🏆 WON
- 15:18 Sunray Shadow evn 🏆 WON
- 17:25 Redbarn 6/4 🥈 2nd