Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Friday 14 August 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 is in the form of his life right now — five winners in seven days and a 21% career strike rate that tells you this is no fluke. Get him onside in the 15:35 where Quicken Away's speed rating of 156 makes that booking look like the steal of the afternoon.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 21% career strike rate (1305 rides)
- On Quicken Away (SR 156) in the 15:35
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15:35
Quicken Away T: Andrew Balding6/5 🥈 2nd
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16:10
Isabella De Vega T: Ed Walker10/3 🥉 3rd
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16:45
Ferrystream T: Jane Chapple-Hyam12/1 4th
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17:23
Fast Track T: Andrew Balding5/2 🥈 2nd
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17:58
Lyra Lea T: Rod Millman6/1 6th
Daniel Tudhope
⚡ Tudhope has reeled off six winners in the last seven days and walks into today carrying that momentum across four rides, so the booking sheet already tells you something. The clincher is the 18:08 at Thirsk, where he goes at 24% on his own patch and climbs aboard Work Like Hell — a 137-rated mount that most of the favourites pages haven't bothered to flag.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- On Work Like Hell (SR 137) in the 18:08
- 24% strike rate at Thirsk (12 from 49)
- 18:08 Work Like Hell 12/1 🥉 3rd
- 18:43 Moulin Booj 11/4 5th
- 19:18 Return Of The Gods 13/8 🥈 2nd
- 19:50 Donna Nook 10/1 🥉 3rd
W J Lee
⚡ W J Lee is in the middle of a proper purple patch — three winners in the last seven days, and connections have clearly noticed, handing him seven rides across the card today. The one to follow is Ocean Surge in the 16:53, a mount with a speed rating of 136 that Lee would not be sitting on unless the stable fancied their chances.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Ocean Surge (SR 136) in the 16:53
- 16:53 Ocean Surge 16/1 6th
- 17:28 Cashel Blue 13/2 5th
- 18:03 Alpine Wedding 22/1 5th
- 18:35 Keke 8/1 4th
- 19:10 Bosphorus Rose 5/2 5th
- 19:45 Serendipia 11/1 🥉 3rd
- 20:15 Morning Approach 25/1 11th
Tom Marquand
⚡ Tom Marquand arrives here mid-streak — five winners in seven days says this is form, not a fluke, and he lands a full book of five rides to press the point. The 16:10 mount on Sweetwonderfulyou, rated 158, is the one that matters, and on this trajectory you'd be daft to leave him out.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- On Sweetwonderfulyou (SR 158) in the 16:10
- 5 rides across the card
- 15:35 Rupert The Brave 10/1 🥉 3rd
- 16:10 Sweetwonderfulyou 8/11 🏆 WON
- 16:45 Spirit Of Lyra - Race at 16:45
- 17:23 Efsixteen 4/1 4th
- 17:58 Lightning Polka 9/1 7th
Ryan Moore
⚡ Ryan Moore is running hot — five winners in the last seven days and a 27% career strike rate that holds up over 489 rides tells you this is no lucky streak. Garden Party at 19:45 carries a speed rating of 160 and Moore in this form is not a combination you walk past.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (489 rides)
- On Garden Party (SR 160) in the 19:45
- 18:03 Madam Secretary 13/2 🥈 2nd
- 19:10 Amelia Earhart 7/2 🥈 2nd
- 19:45 Garden Party 10/11 🏆 WON