Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 11 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.
⚡ Tudhope is the hottest jockey on the turf right now — five winners in seven days and five rides today to press home the advantage. Matter Of Britain at 18:30 carries a speed rating of 150, and that is not a mount connections hand to a man out of form.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- On Matter Of Britain (SR 150) in the 18:30
- 5 rides across the card
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18:00
Harley T: Edward Bethell11/8 🏆 WON
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18:30
Matter Of Britain T: David O'Meara9/2 🏆 WON
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19:00
Spoken Truth T: David O'Meara7/2 🥉 3rd
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19:30
Sogniamo T: David O'Meara14/1 6th
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20:00
Milford T: Julie Camacho4/1 🥈 2nd
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Loughnane is in the form of his life right now — 12 winners in seven days is a rampage, not a run, and his 19% career strike rate over 1715 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan. He lands on Birkacre Brow in the 15:00, a horse rated 147, and that booking alone is the one the front pages somehow slept on.
- 12 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (1715 rides)
- On Birkacre Brow (SR 147) in the 15:00
- 14:30 Chico Dulce 9/2 5th
- 15:00 Birkacre Brow 10/1 🥈 2nd
- 15:30 Radiance 9/2 9th
- 16:00 Charencey 9/4 🥉 3rd
- 16:30 Three Non Blondes 3/1 7th
Paul Mulrennan
⚡ Paul Mulrennan has banged in 4 winners in the last seven days and arrives here with a full book of 5 rides — that is not a man short of confidence or connections. The cherry on top is Eagles Instinct in the 18:30, a 127-rated mount that sits well above anything his 10% career average would suggest he routinely gets his hands on.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Eagles Instinct (SR 127) in the 18:30
- 5 rides across the card
- 18:30 Eagles Instinct 20/1 5th
- 19:00 Dwindling Funds 9/1 9th
- 19:30 Sanafi Zabeel 13/8 🏆 WON
- 20:00 Station X 5/1 🥉 3rd
- 20:30 Spirit Of Nature 25/1 6th
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch has hit a vein — six winners in seven days is not a coincidence, it is a jockey in full flow, and the booking on Blessed Voyager in the 18:15 tells you the yard knows it too. A 99 speed rating mount handed to a man running this hot is as clear a signal as you will get on a Saturday card.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- On Blessed Voyager (SR 99) in the 18:15
- 17% career strike rate (796 rides)
- 18:15 Blessed Voyager 11/10 🥈 2nd
Oisin Orr
⚡ Oisin Orr has been burning through the fields all week — five winners in seven days off a 13% career strike rate tells you he is running hot, not lucky. The 15:15 ride on Rogue Passion, rated 95, is the one to follow; a four-ride book with that class of mount sitting at the top of it is not an accident.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- On Rogue Passion (SR 95) in the 15:15
- 4 rides on the day
- 15:15 Rogue Passion 4/7 🏆 WON
- 15:45 Beauty For Love 11/2 7th
- 16:45 Shipshape 3/1 5th
- 17:15 Viviana 6/1 🥈 2nd