Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Thursday 3 September 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 running hot — seven winners in the last seven days, and connections have clearly noticed, handing him a seven-ride book across today's card. At 21% career strike rate over 1385 rides, he was already a man worth following; right now, with form this sharp, you'd be daft to look elsewhere.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 21% career strike rate (1385 rides)
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14:28
My Boy T: Andrew Balding9/4 Race at 14:28
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15:03
Ahmadi T: Ralph Beckett5/2 7th
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15:39
Thi Qar T: John & Thady Gosden2/1 🥈 2nd
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16:14
Love Is T: Richard Hughes17/2 4th
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16:49
Havana Pusey T: John Gallagher13/2 9th
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17:24
Point Of Contact T: Andrew Balding7/2 5th
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17:55
Zgharta T: Andrew Balding10/3 🏆 WON
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Six winners in seven days and now seven rides on the card — Billy Loughnane isn't cooling off, he's accelerating. A 19% career strike rate over nearly 1,900 rides tells you this is no fluke run, and trainers clearly agree given the size of today's book.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- 19% career strike rate (1829 rides)
- 17:05 Black Orchid 2/7 🥈 2nd
- 17:35 Much 7/4 5th
- 18:10 Castlemont 1/2 🏆 WON
- 18:40 Great Mates 6/1 🥈 2nd
- 19:10 Franschhoek 9/4 6th
- 19:40 Piscean Star 4/1 5th
- 20:10 Moving Force 9/1 🥉 3rd
Clifford Lee
⚡ Clifford Lee has landed three winners in the last seven days and walks in today with a five-ride book — that is a man in form with plenty of chances to press it further. The one that matters is Burning Up in the 14:05, a 158-rated mount that puts Lee exactly where you want a hot jockey: on the best horse in the race.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Burning Up (SR 158) in the 14:05
- 5 rides across the card
- 14:05 Burning Up 1/2 🏆 WON
- 14:40 Reflect On Glory 2/1 5th
- 15:17 Gerry's Darling 11/2 🥉 3rd
- 15:52 Time To Play 4/1 4th
- 17:00 Pomme Pomme 18/1 12th
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is on a scorching run — nine winners in seven days is not a coincidence, it is a man riding with full confidence and trainers knowing it. Get to the 15:03 and find Rose Moon on a speed rating of 150, because that is the headline booking on a seven-ride card that tells you the yards want him front and centre today.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Rose Moon (SR 150) in the 15:03
- 14:28 Lauriger 7/1 5th
- 15:03 Rose Moon 7/2 🏆 WON
- 15:39 Ellavara 9/1 🥉 3rd
- 16:14 Miss Kodi 11/4 6th
- 16:49 Zen Diva 10/3 🏆 WON
- 17:24 Colourband 7/1 8th
- 17:55 Aleatrix 11/4 5th
David Egan
⚡ David Egan is in the form of his life right now — seven winners in the last seven days, and connections clearly know it, handing him a seven-ride book across the card. Get to the 14:28 for Mulvaney's Return, a 126-rated mount that screams headline race, not filler.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Mulvaney's Return (SR 126) in the 14:28
- 14:28 Mulvaney's Return 28/1 🥉 3rd
- 15:03 Mad Jack 40/1 8th
- 15:39 Rubyroo 25/1 7th
- 16:14 Nuit d'Eclair 9/4 🥉 3rd
- 16:49 Fleetwater 10/1 7th
- 17:24 Electric Dreams 15/2 7th
- 17:55 Leonardo Blu 8/1 4th