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.
⚡ 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
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14:30
Diamondinthedark T: Mark Loughnane18/1 🥈 2nd
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15:00
Perfect Nation T: George Boughey11/10 🏆 WON
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15:30
Lerwick T: Mark Loughnane8/1 🏆 WON
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16:30
Arbaawy T: John Butler13/8 🥉 3rd
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17:00
Mythological Star T: Daniel & Claire Kubler6/5 🏆 WON
Oisin Murphy
⚡ 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
- 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
Marco Ghiani
⚡ 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)
- 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
Cieren Fallon
⚡ 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
- 14:15 National Pride 5/2 🥈 2nd
- 15:15 Free World 9/2 🏆 WON
Lewis Edmunds
⚡ 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
- 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