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Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Tuesday 4 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.

— Sly Man

Today's headline rider 🔥 IN FORM
5 Rides today
18% Career strike
8 Wins last 7d

⚡ Billy Loughnane is in the form of his life right now — eight winners in seven days is a hot streak the booking sheets can't ignore, and his 18% career rate tells you this isn't noise. Get on Perfect Nation at 15:00; a speed rating of 96 paired with a jockey this sharp is not a combination you walk past.

  • 8 winners in the last 7 days
  • 18% career strike rate (1686 rides)
  • On Perfect Nation (SR 96) in the 15:00
Today's book 5 rides
  • 14:30 Silks
    Diamondinthedark T: Mark Loughnane
    18/1 🥈 2nd
  • 15:00 Silks
    Perfect Nation T: George Boughey
    11/10 🏆 WON
  • 15:30 Silks
    Lerwick T: Mark Loughnane
    8/1 🏆 WON
  • 16:30 Silks
    Arbaawy T: John Butler
    13/8 🥉 3rd
  • 17:00 Silks
    Mythological Star T: Daniel & Claire Kubler
    6/5 🏆 WON
Today's tally 3 wins 2 placed
🔥 IN FORM

Oisin Murphy

6 rides 22% 6 wins · 7d

⚡ Oisin Murphy is running hot — six winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 22% across 1,257 career rides, so the conveyor belt is not slowing down. He climbs aboard Midgham Man in the 15:00, a horse sitting on a speed rating of 149, and that is the one the layers will be watching.

  • 6 winners in the last 7 days
  • 22% career strike rate (1257 rides)
  • On Midgham Man (SR 149) in the 15:00
Book 6 rides
  • 14:30 Safari Dream 5/2 🏆 WON
  • 15:00 Midgham Man 13/2 4th
  • 15:30 Cypriot Diaspora 9/4 🥈 2nd
  • 16:00 Rosemary's Rose 7/4 🥉 3rd
  • 16:30 Mountain Of Light 10/1 🥈 2nd
  • 17:30 Condotti 5/2 5th
Today's tally 1 win 3 placed 2 unplaced
🔥 IN FORM

Marco Ghiani

4 rides 15% 4 wins · 7d

⚡ Marco Ghiani is in the kind of vein where you back him blind — four winners in seven days and now handed Minnal, a 155-rated mount in the 18:18 that most notebooks will have clocked already. A 15% career strike rate over 838 rides tells you he converts when it matters, and right now he is converting at a rate that makes tonight's feature ride look very well-timed.

  • 4 winners in the last 7 days
  • On Minnal (SR 155) in the 18:18
  • 15% career strike rate (838 rides)
Book 4 rides
  • 17:48 Lunar Blossom 10/1 4th
  • 18:18 Minnal 9/4 🥈 2nd
  • 18:48 Style King 3/1 🥈 2nd
  • 19:48 Douglas Dc 8/1 🥈 2nd
Today's tally 3 placed 1 unplaced
🔥 IN FORM

Cieren Fallon

2 rides 19% 5 wins · 7d

⚡ Cieren Fallon is red-hot right now — five winners in the last seven days is a streak you don't walk past, and with only two rides today that firepower is concentrated. National Pride carries a speed rating of 152 into the 14:15, and Fallon aboard a horse that good, in this form, is the most obvious thing on the card.

  • 5 winners in the last 7 days
  • 19% career strike rate (776 rides)
  • On National Pride (SR 152) in the 14:15
Book 2 rides
  • 14:15 National Pride 5/2 🥈 2nd
  • 15:15 Free World 9/2 🏆 WON
Today's tally 1 win 1 placed
🔥 IN FORM

Lewis Edmunds

6 rides 11% 5 wins · 7d

⚡ Lewis Edmunds is red-hot right now — five winners in seven days from a man whose career mark sits at 11% tells you the book is landing, not just filling. Stick him in your multiples and make sure Artemis Star at 15:00 is the centrepiece, a 128 speed rating mount that the front-page merchants have almost certainly underpriced.

  • 5 winners in the last 7 days
  • On Artemis Star (SR 128) in the 15:00
  • 6 rides across the card
Book 6 rides
  • 14:30 The Coffee Pod 7/2 🥉 3rd
  • 15:00 Artemis Star 22/1 🥉 3rd
  • 15:30 Grand Vista 14/1 🥉 3rd
  • 16:00 Iconic Dawn 28/1 4th
  • 16:30 Herstmonceux 25/1 5th
  • 17:30 Praise Indeed 11/2 🥉 3rd
Today's tally 4 placed 2 unplaced