Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Thursday 23 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.
⚡ Oisin Murphy is scorching right now — nine winners in the last seven days, and trainers have clearly noticed, handing him seven rides across today's card. A 22% career strike rate over 1191 rides already marks him as a rider worth following, but right now he is operating at a different level entirely.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1191 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
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13:55
Nogo's Dream T: Richard Hughes2/1 🥈 2nd
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14:25
On Target T: George Scott10/3 6th
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14:55
Bayside View T: Michael Bell9/4 🥈 2nd
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15:30
Londoner T: Daniel & Claire Kubler9/2 4th
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16:07
My Ballyquinn T: David O'Meara5/2 🥈 2nd
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16:42
Talitha Rouge T: David O'Meara7/2 6th
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17:17
Lodge T: Brian Meehan15/2 11th
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan has six winners in the last seven days and the yards are clearly queuing up — seven rides across the card today tells you the phone has been ringing all week. Get him onside in the 14:55, where War Banner carries a speed rating of 148 and looks the standout commission of the afternoon.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On War Banner (SR 148) in the 14:55
- 13:55 Correspondence 11/1 7th
- 14:25 Thunder Home 20/1 🥈 2nd
- 14:55 War Banner 9/1 5th
- 15:30 Assail 5/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:07 Alma Latina 11/8 🥉 3rd
- 16:42 Albertini Star 13/2 🥉 3rd
- 17:17 Sail On Sailor 5/2 5th
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is red-hot right now — seven winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it's a man in full flight. He lands on Evenfall (SR 156) in the 17:04 and at 18% career strike rate that booking does not happen by accident.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1624 rides)
- On Evenfall (SR 156) in the 17:04
- 17:04 Evenfall 5/6 🏆 WON
- 17:39 War Chant 7/1 5th
- 19:24 Mr Bollinger 6/1 🏆 WON
- 19:59 Blindfold Games 7/2 6th
- 20:34 Celtic Chariot 2/1 🏆 WON
Dylan Browne McMonagle
⚡ Dylan Browne McMonagle is the man to follow today — six winners in the last seven days is a purple patch, not a coincidence, and a six-ride book means he is trusted from the first race to the last. The standout is Folsom Blues in the 18:43, a 161-rated mount that tells you connections went straight to the form jockey when it mattered.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- On Folsom Blues (SR 161) in the 18:43
- 6 rides across the card
- 16:58 Green Dreamer 15/2 🏆 WON
- 17:33 Citrus Springs 8/1 🥈 2nd
- 18:08 Green Empress 4/1 Race at 18:08
- 18:43 Folsom Blues 5/2 🥈 2nd
- 19:18 Kilcrea Rock 7/2 6th
- 19:53 Handshake 9/4 4th
David Allan
⚡ David Allan has hit a purple patch — four winners in seven days from a man whose career strike rate sits at 11% tells you the hands are warm right now. Get on Excessive in the 18:36; a speed rating of 129 on a jockey in this nick is the kind of pairing the favourite-backers will wish they'd spotted sooner.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Excessive (SR 129) in the 18:36
- 5 rides across the card
- 17:28 Real Trouper 20/1 7th
- 18:36 Excessive 20/1 9th
- 19:11 Terryfying 25/1 10th
- 20:21 Alcanzor 25/1 5th
- 20:56 Agric Ranger 13/2 7th