Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 18 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.
⚡ Murphy is running hot — five winners in seven days and a 21% career strike rate across 1321 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan. Get on Why Not Me in the 17:30; a speed rating of 151 is the number the rest of the card is chasing.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 21% career strike rate (1321 rides)
- On Why Not Me (SR 151) in the 17:30
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17:30
Why Not Me T: Stuart Williams4/1 4th
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18:00
Maliqui T: Charlie Fellowes10/3 5th
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18:30
He's A Gentleman T: Hugo Palmer5/1 7th
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19:00
Samra Star T: Linda Perratt3/1 7th
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19:30
Acclaimed Freedom T: George Scott11/4 🥈 2nd
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20:00
Heroics T: Alan King4/1 🏆 WON
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is red-hot right now — five winners in the last seven days from a man already running at 19% across 1,746 career rides, which is a number most jockeys spend a lifetime chasing. He's on Talamon in the 15:15, a horse with a speed rating of 147, and that booking didn't land in his lap by accident.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 19% career strike rate (1746 rides)
- On Talamon (SR 147) in the 15:15
- 14:15 Sneaky Blinder 9/2 🥈 2nd
- 14:45 Delighfully Hot 9/4 4th
- 15:15 Talamon 9/2 🥉 3rd
- 15:50 Law Of Design 3/1 5th
- 16:25 Honky Tonk Girl 11/2 4th
- 17:00 Arnaz 13/8 🏆 WON
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon is in the form of his life right now — seven winners in seven days is not a purple patch, it is a statement. Get on Enriched in the 15:00; a speed rating of 148 combined with a jockey running this hot is not a combination you walk past.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 20% career strike rate (828 rides)
- On Enriched (SR 148) in the 15:00
- 15:00 Enriched 6/1 🥉 3rd
- 16:45 Edergole's Gift 9/2 4th
- 18:22 Court Of Session 17/2 8th
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch is running at seven winners in seven days and the bookmakers have not caught up yet — three rides today is not three chances, it is a feeding frenzy waiting to happen. Backmeifyoucan at 18:00 carries a speed rating of 123 and right now Crouch on a hot mount like that is the easiest line in the card.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (813 rides)
- On Backmeifyoucan (SR 123) in the 18:00
- 18:00 Backmeifyoucan 25/1 6th
- 18:30 Padua 9/1 🥉 3rd
- 20:00 Kakirra 7/2 Pulled up
Dylan Browne McMonagle
⚡ Dylan Browne McMonagle rolls in hot — three winners in seven days and five rides across the card means the man is everywhere you want to look today. Save your best eye for the 19:45, where Magnum Cor's speed rating of 154 makes that booking the one the casual punter skims straight past.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- On Magnum Cor (SR 154) in the 19:45
- 5 rides across the card
- 17:45 Eighteenth Smiles 7/2 🥉 3rd
- 18:15 Green Dreamer 4/5 Race at 18:15
- 18:45 Brise Fraiche 14/1 6th
- 19:15 Summer Island 5/1 9th
- 19:45 Magnum Cor 8/11 🏆 WON