Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 21 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.
⚡ Billy Loughnane is running hot with 7 winners in the last 7 days, and four rides today gives him every chance to keep the streak alive. The 18:51 booking on High Tower — a 154 speed-rated horse — is the one the pink-and-green silks were made for.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1614 rides)
- On High Tower (SR 154) in the 18:51
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18:51
High Tower T: George Boughey5/2 🥉 3rd
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19:21
Topaz T: Jack Channon4/9 🏆 WON
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19:51
Celeborn T: George Boughey11/4 4th
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20:21
Dottie Diamond T: William Stone3/1 🏆 WON
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is on fire right now — seven winners in seven days from a man who already converts at 22% across 1182 career rides is not a blip, it is a statement. Gentle Hurricane carries a speed rating of 151 in the 18:51 and with Murphy in this mood, that booking is the one the front page missed.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1182 rides)
- On Gentle Hurricane (SR 151) in the 18:51
- 18:51 Gentle Hurricane 7/2 🏆 WON
- 19:21 Lola De Valence 12/1 🥉 3rd
- 19:51 Allegresse 7/2 🥈 2nd
- 20:21 Follow My Heart 5/2 🥉 3rd
- 20:51 Curran 6/5 🏆 WON
Rossa Ryan
⚡ Rossa Ryan is on fire right now — nine winners in the last seven days is a purple patch you do not ignore, and he climbs aboard Happy Enough (SR 148) in the 19:21 with all that momentum behind him. A 16% career strike rate over 1376 rides tells you this is a rider who converts, and right now he is converting at a rate that makes tonight's feature booking look like a very deliberate one.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- On Happy Enough (SR 148) in the 19:21
- 16% career strike rate (1376 rides)
- 18:51 Yellow Mission 14/1 5th
- 19:21 Happy Enough 6/1 4th
- 19:51 Blue Prince 7/2 🥉 3rd
- 20:21 Dreambird Dolly 9/1 🥈 2nd
Marco Ghiani
⚡ Marco Ghiani is running hot right now — four winners in the last seven days is a streak you don't ignore, and he's not wasting it on deadwood. Baby G at 15:15 carries a speed rating of 125, and that's the kind of mount that turns a purple patch into a payday.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Baby G (SR 125) in the 15:15
- 15% career strike rate (797 rides)
- 15:15 Baby G 125/1 7th
- 16:45 Great Mates 9/2 4th
Darragh O'Keeffe
⚡ Seven rides on the card tells you the trainers have done their homework — Darragh O'Keeffe doesn't fill a book like this by accident, and two winners in the last seven days says the ammunition is live. Spanish Rising in the 16:36 is the one to follow, a 148-rated mount that looks a cut above the usual fare O'Keeffe gets handed on a Saturday.
- 7 rides across the card
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- On Spanish Rising (SR 148) in the 16:36
- 16:36 Spanish Rising 7/1 4th
- 17:06 Sharu 11/4 🥈 2nd
- 17:39 Doctor Confusion 6/1 8th
- 18:09 Lureka Du Noyer 4/6 🥈 2nd
- 18:39 Ballyearl 16/1 8th
- 19:09 Madame Masque 17/2 11th
- 19:39 Granlahan 8/1 6th