Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Wednesday 12 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.
⚡ Cieren Fallon is in the form of his life right now — seven winners in the last seven days, and the handlers know it, piling eight rides onto him across today's card. A 20% career strike rate over 802 rides already tells you he converts, but back him today when the market hasn't yet caught up with that week's work.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 8 rides across the card
- 20% career strike rate (802 rides)
-
17:30
Please Don't Go T: Richard Hughes12/1 4th
-
18:00
Manaar T: William Haggas1/2 🥉 3rd
-
18:30
Eminency T: Stuart Williams10/1 Race at 18:30
-
19:00
Bridget's View T: Stuart Williams25/1 5th
-
19:30
I Am Me T: Mike Murphy14/1 9th
-
20:00
Gallant T: Oli Rix7/1 6th
-
20:30
Kokbastau T: Roger Varian5/6 🏆 WON
-
21:00
Crooked Path T: James Owen7/4 🏆 WON
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is in the kind of nick that makes six rides look like a shopping list rather than a schedule — three winners in seven days off a career strike rate of 21% over 1,294 rides tells you this is a man who converts, not one who flatters. Get on Forbidden Fire in the 14:30; a speed rating of 154 is the number the rest of the card is chasing.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 21% career strike rate (1294 rides)
- On Forbidden Fire (SR 154) in the 14:30
- 14:30 Forbidden Fire 10/3 🏆 WON
- 15:00 Supreme King 4/1 🏆 WON
- 15:30 Scommessa Sicura 11/8 🥈 2nd
- 16:00 Remi Mae 5/4 🥉 3rd
- 16:30 Miss Scott 15/8 🥈 2nd
- 17:00 Fox Avatar 5/2 🥉 3rd
Hector Crouch
⚡ Hector Crouch is in the form of his life right now — six winners in the last seven days from a man who already clips along at 17% for the season. He knows Salisbury better than most, striking at 25% there from 44 rides, and Bold Shout at a speed rating of 154 in the 16:00 is exactly the kind of mount that turns a hot week into a memorable one.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- On Bold Shout (SR 154) in the 16:00
- 25% strike rate at Salisbury (11 from 44)
- 14:30 Saturn Star 10/3 Race at 14:30
- 15:00 Regional Rock 10/3 4th
- 16:00 Bold Shout 6/4 🏆 WON
- 16:30 On Message 17/2 🏆 WON
Colin Keane
⚡ Colin Keane is firing right now — five winners in seven days and a seven-ride book tells you the big yards are lining up at his door. The one to follow is This That in the 14:52, a horse carrying a 147 speed rating that puts it streets ahead of anything else Keane sits on today.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On This That (SR 147) in the 14:52
- 14:22 Contrite 15/2 10th
- 14:52 This That 5/1 9th
- 15:52 Hollys Graces 40/1 🥈 2nd
- 16:22 War Rooms 4/1 Race at 16:22
- 16:52 Xirivella 12/1 Race at 16:52
- 17:22 La Campanella 6/1 7th
- 17:52 Thegooseiscooked 4/1 10th
W J Lee
⚡ W J Lee has three winners in the last seven days and connections have handed him eight rides today — that is not a light book, that is a statement. The 14:52 mount on Just One Show, rated 149, is the one to anchor him to: career 14% converts fine at this level when the man is running hot.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 8 rides across the card
- On Just One Show (SR 149) in the 14:52
- 14:22 Star Of Beauty 15/2 Race at 14:22
- 14:52 Just One Show 9/2 13th
- 15:22 Lohoobb 13/2 🏆 WON
- 15:52 Skydance 9/4 5th
- 16:22 Navy Waters 9/2 🥉 3rd
- 16:52 Rock Of Claremont 17/2 🏆 WON
- 17:22 No More Hiding 16/1 5th
- 17:52 Medieval Night 12/1 🥈 2nd