Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Thursday 13 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 kind of form that makes you rip up your shortlist — five winners in the last seven days, and a career strike rate of 21% across 1,300 rides tells you this isn't a hot streak built on air. Get him onside in the 18:04, where Flooding's speed rating of 154 is the sort of number that should be finishing the race before the others know it's started.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 21% career strike rate (1300 rides)
- On Flooding (SR 154) in the 18:04
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18:04
Flooding T: Marco Botti11/10 🏆 WON
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18:34
Reformation T: Andrew Balding7/2 🏆 WON
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19:04
Clarity T: Andrew Balding7/2 🥈 2nd
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19:34
Green Sky T: Rod Millman7/2 4th
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20:04
Akho Mezzna T: Jack Jones4/1 Race at 20:04
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is running red-hot with 9 winners in the last seven days, and six rides today means the bookmakers have nowhere to hide from him. The one that matters most is Waterford Castle in the 19:11 — a 98 speed rating on a jockey firing at this clip is not a combination you walk past.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (1724 rides)
- On Waterford Castle (SR 98) in the 19:11
- 17:36 Solar Invincible 7/2 11th
- 18:11 Beelzebub 7/2 6th
- 18:41 Mia Sunshine 10/1 8th
- 19:11 Waterford Castle 8/13 🏆 WON
- 19:41 A Major Payne 7/2 🥉 3rd
- 20:11 Mythological Star 11/10 🥉 3rd
Jack Callan
⚡ Jack Callan is coming in hot with two winners in the last seven days, and his 22% strike rate at Lingfield on the all-weather — eight from 37 — tells you this track suits him far better than his 14% career average suggests. He lands Brushstroke in the 17:58 with a speed rating of 144, and that is not a mount the booking agents hand to a jockey who is cold.
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Brushstroke (SR 144) in the 17:58
- 22% strike rate at Lingfield (AW) (8 from 37)
- 17:23 Kaaranah 7/2 🥉 3rd
- 17:58 Brushstroke 10/1 🥈 2nd
- 18:28 Split Elevens 6/1 🏆 WON
- 18:58 Real Gold 14/1 6th
- 19:28 Protectrix 50/1 6th
David Probert
⚡ David Probert has banged in 3 winners in the last seven days and arrives today with a full six-ride book — that is not a man the trainers are losing faith in. Get him onside in the 19:28, where Neswick carries a speed rating of 151 and looks the standout mount on the card.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Neswick (SR 151) in the 19:28
- 6 rides across the card
- 17:23 Jack Sparowe 6/1 5th
- 17:58 Zonneveld 25/1 10th
- 18:28 Captive Beauty 8/1 8th
- 18:58 Zaltalla 3/1 🥉 3rd
- 19:28 Neswick 4/1 4th
- 19:58 Miss Moneypit 10/1 5th
Finley Marsh
⚡ Finley Marsh has four winners in the last seven days and doesn't look like stopping, with five rides across today's card giving him every chance to extend that run. The one to watch is Paraone in the 19:28 — a speed rating of 125 puts that mount well clear of the usual Marsh standard, and this booking deserved a second look before the market woke up.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Paraone (SR 125) in the 19:28
- 5 rides across the card
- 17:23 City Of God 22/1 8th
- 17:58 Kiss Cam 33/1 6th
- 18:28 Spirit Of Breeze 13/2 🥈 2nd
- 19:28 Paraone 80/1 9th
- 19:58 South West 3/1 9th