Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Wednesday 5 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.
⚡ Oisin Murphy is on fire right now — seven winners in seven days, and connections know it, handing him a seven-ride card today. A 22% career strike rate across 1,263 rides tells you this isn't a fluke man, and a book that heavy means the yard doors are wide open.
- 7 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1263 rides)
- 7 rides across the card
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17:20
Tallahassee Lassie T: James Fanshawe3/1 9th
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17:50
Ahmadi T: Ralph Beckett3/1 4th
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18:20
Montalbano T: Andrew Balding10/3 8th
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18:50
Ahmadi T: Ralph Beckettunpriced Race at 18:50
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18:50
Black Chiffon T: Andrew Balding7/2 4th
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19:50
Cloud Forest T: Saeed bin Suroor11/8 🥈 2nd
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20:20
Piscean Star T: Ed Dunlop7/1 4th
Tom Marquand
⚡ Tom Marquand rolls in here red-hot off four winners in the last seven days, and the booking that matters is Pure Majesty in the 18:10 — a speed-rated 154 that the headline sheets barely glanced at. Five rides across the card from a man firing at this clip is a heavy book worth following.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Pure Majesty (SR 154) in the 18:10
- 5 rides across the card
- 18:10 Pure Majesty 5/2 6th
- 18:40 Troublesome Guest 15/2 4th
- 19:10 State Express 11/2 4th
- 19:40 Le Rouge Chinois 7/2 🥈 2nd
- 20:10 Charging Bull 11/4 5th
Dylan Browne McMonagle
⚡ Dylan Browne McMonagle is the hottest jockey on the card right now — six winners in seven days from a man whose 16% career strike rate already marks him out as someone worth following. He gets aboard Shay's Dream (SR 139) in the 17:30, and with a book of six rides to work through, the layers are going to have a very long afternoon.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- On Shay's Dream (SR 139) in the 17:30
- 6 rides across the card
- 17:30 Shay's Dream 17/2 9th
- 18:00 Cornelienne 4/1 5th
- 18:30 Elyatta 12/1 9th
- 19:00 Mr Montauk 6/4 🥈 2nd
- 19:30 Magna Kotcha 28/1 10th
- 20:00 Cascade Canyon 25/1 🥈 2nd
James Doyle
⚡ James Doyle arrives at today's card on the back of four winners in seven days, and an 18% career strike rate over 329 rides tells you this is no hot streak built on thin air. He climbs aboard Fortitudine in the 19:20 — a horse carrying a speed rating of 154 — and that booking alone is worth circling twice.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (329 rides)
- On Fortitudine (SR 154) in the 19:20
- 17:20 Trust Yourself 20/1 Race at 17:20
- 19:20 Fortitudine 15/8 🏆 WON
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Nine winners in seven days — Billy Loughnane is not cooling down, he is accelerating. Stick him up at 18:10 on Minkaas (SR 151) and you are riding the hottest pair on the card.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1691 rides)
- On Minkaas (SR 151) in the 18:10
- 18:10 Minkaas 11/2 🥉 3rd
- 18:40 Dowman 15/8 🥈 2nd
- 19:40 Highland Harvey 11/10 🥉 3rd