Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Sunday 2 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 carries a 21% career strike rate across 1248 rides into a six-ride card, and two winners in the last seven days tells you the wheels are turning right now. The one to watch is Simplify in the 15:20 — a speed rating of 103 is the class benchmark of the afternoon, and Murphy on form is exactly the combination you back without needing to be asked twice.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- 21% career strike rate (1248 rides)
- On Simplify (SR 103) in the 15:20
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14:10
Level Look T: Andrew Balding11/4 🥈 2nd
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14:45
Pure Grit T: Andrew Balding4/7 🏆 WON
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15:20
Simplify T: Andrew Balding17/2 🏆 WON
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15:52
Dance In The Storm T: Andrew Balding7/4 🏆 WON
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16:22
Blue Prince T: David Evans11/8 🏆 WON
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16:52
Cape Fear T: Andrew Balding11/4 🥈 2nd
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon is in the form of his life right now — five winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 20% across 771 career rides is not a blip, that is a rider firing on all cylinders. Get him onside in the 15:52 where he partners Power Fizz, a 97-rated mount that makes this the standout booking of his two-ride afternoon.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 20% career strike rate (771 rides)
- On Power Fizz (SR 97) in the 15:52
- 15:20 Ardisia 25/1 4th
- 15:52 Power Fizz 4/1 10th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is the hottest jockey on the card right now — nine winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it's a siege. Five rides today from an 18% career operator who's currently running well above that number means the book fills itself.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1677 rides)
- 5 rides across the card
- 14:35 Mr Bollinger 5/2 🥈 2nd
- 15:08 Telegraphic 7/4 🥈 2nd
- 16:08 Melting Snow 11/4 🥈 2nd
- 16:38 The Ubermensch 10/11 5th
- 17:08 Papa Don't Preach 5/2 🥈 2nd
Marco Ghiani
⚡ Marco Ghiani rolls into today on the back of three winners in seven days, and that 15% career rate over 832 rides tells you this is no purple-patch fluke. Strong Performance — a 142 speed-rated animal at 15:08 — is the one the favourites pages glossed over, and Ghiani is bang in form to collect.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Strong Performance (SR 142) in the 15:08
- 15% career strike rate (832 rides)
- 14:35 Brighton View evn 🏆 WON
- 15:08 Strong Performance 11/1 8th
- 16:08 Daretobedifferent 3/1 4th
- 17:08 Antiphon 9/2 4th
Dylan Browne McMonagle
⚡ Dylan Browne McMonagle is the hottest jockey on the circuit right now — six winners in seven days, and they've put him up on Gleneagle Bay, a 92-rated mount in the 16:00. A 16% career strike rate over 963 rides tells you this lad converts when it matters, and he's walking into that race in the form of his life.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- On Gleneagle Bay (SR 92) in the 16:00
- 16% career strike rate (963 rides)
- 16:00 Gleneagle Bay 9/1 6th
- 16:30 Seaxburh 9/4 🥉 3rd
- 17:00 Iamimmaculate 5/2 🥈 2nd