Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Thursday 30 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 rolls in red-hot off four winners in the last seven days, and eight rides today means the trainers know it too. At 22% across 1,230 career starts, he is not a man who wastes a heavy book.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1230 rides)
- 8 rides across the card
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13:50
Birgham Dub T: Jane Chapple-Hyam12/1 6th
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14:25
Adaay of Scarlett T: Hugo Palmer9/1 🥈 2nd
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15:00
Magnetude T: James Owen25/1 6th
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15:35
See The Fire T: Andrew Balding5/1 🥉 3rd
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16:10
Naana's Shadow T: Katie Scott9/2 🏆 WON
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16:45
Mia Fantasia T: Hugo Palmer7/2 6th
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17:20
Clarity T: Andrew Balding12/1 5th
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17:55
Electric Dreams T: James Fanshawe9/1 12th
Ryan Moore
⚡ Ryan Moore is as hot as they come right now — four winners in the last seven days, and that 27% career rate over 462 rides tells you this is no purple patch, it's just the man doing what the man does. Get him on So Lovely in the 17:20, a mount with a speed rating of 160, and you've got the form jockey on the form horse — the bookies won't be generous for long.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 27% career strike rate (462 rides)
- On So Lovely (SR 160) in the 17:20
- 14:25 Man's Best Friend 5/1 🏆 WON
- 15:35 Diamond Necklace 8/11 🏆 WON
- 16:45 The Bookkeeper 15/2 🥉 3rd
- 17:20 So Lovely 4/5 🥈 2nd
- 17:55 Storming Point 12/1 6th
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon is in the kind of form you don't ignore — three winners in the last seven days off a career strike rate already sitting at a tidy 20% from 756 rides. He's on Queen's Hame in the 15:45, a mount with a speed rating of 157, and that booking didn't land in his lap by accident.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 20% career strike rate (756 rides)
- On Queen's Hame (SR 157) in the 15:45
- 14:35 Great Blasket 11/8 🏆 WON
- 15:10 Crown Office 10/3 🥈 2nd
- 15:45 Queen's Hame 15/8 🏆 WON
- 16:20 Sixty Plus 4/11 🏆 WON
- 16:55 Wagyu Star 7/1 7th
James Doyle
⚡ James Doyle is in the kind of form that makes three rides feel like plenty — three winners in the last seven days off an already solid 18% career strike rate tells you this isn't a hot streak, it's a man in rhythm. The Buccellati Handicap at 16:10 is the one to watch him in, and I'd be surprised if he leaves the track without adding to that tally.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (316 rides)
- Booked in Buccellati Handicap Stakes at 16:10
- 15:00 Sahara King 15/2 7th
- 16:10 Old Is Gold 9/1 10th
- 17:55 Exclusive Code 7/2 🏆 WON
Marco Ghiani
⚡ Marco Ghiani has five winners in the last seven days and walks in today with four rides — he is not cooling off, he is building. The 17:20 mount on Iconic Dream (SR 124) is the one to follow, but don't sleep on the Buccellati Handicap Stakes at 16:10 either, because a jockey firing at this rate finds winners you didn't see coming.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- Booked in Buccellati Handicap Stakes at 16:10
- On Iconic Dream (SR 124) in the 17:20
- 13:50 Loz Vegas 22/1 11th
- 16:10 Dazzling Haze 40/1 12th
- 16:45 Primal 16/1 4th
- 17:20 Iconic Dream 200/1 11th