Profit from title-chasing jockeys' fancied rides for staunch allies

THE jockeys’ title race is a duel between Jim Crowley and Silvestre de Sousaand, provided both avoid injuries and suspensions, it should be a fascinating climax to a championship that has often produced a captivating head-to-head.

In 2007, Jamie Spencer won the final race of the season to finish tied with Seb Sanders. Three seasons later Paul Hanagan edged a protracted battle with Richard Hughes by two winners and the following season he was pushed to the limit by De Sousa to retain the crown.

There is a school of thought that says the rides of a jockey challenging for the title in the later weeks of the season should be followed, a notion that was given some weight when Crowley rode a 25-1 winner at Chepstow on Tuesday. The booking of a rider going all-out for the title – now truncated to end on Champions Day at Ascot on October 15 – can be an indication that the horse is expected to run well by its connections.