Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Friday 17 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.
⚡ Oisin Murphy is running hot right now — nine winners in the past seven days is not a purple patch, it is a statement, and six rides today means the carnage is far from over. Get to the 15:35 and find Lady Of Hay on your racecard, because a speed rating of 148 paired with a jockey firing at that rate is exactly the kind of pairing you do not walk past.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1163 rides)
- On Lady Of Hay (SR 148) in the 15:35
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15:00
Arthurian T: Andrew Balding11/1 6th
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15:35
Lady Of Hay T: Andrew Balding13/2 6th
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16:10
Agamemnon T: Richard Hughes11/1 🥉 3rd
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16:45
Rajiba T: Richard Hughes5/1 6th
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17:20
Green Sky T: Rod Millman5/6 🏆 WON
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17:55
Turty Tree T: Andrew Balding5/4 🥈 2nd
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is red-hot right now — six winners in seven days tells you the hands are working and the confidence is there. He's got six chances to add to that tally today, and Graceful Speed Rating of 156 in the 17:15 is the one the rest of the card is built around.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1604 rides)
- On Graceful Song (SR 156) in the 17:15
- 17:15 Graceful Song 5/4 🏆 WON
- 17:48 Cerro Blanco 1/25 Race at 17:48
- 18:23 Counter Intuitive 13/8 🏆 WON
- 18:58 Al Aali 4/1 🏆 WON
- 19:33 Rogue Bullet 10/3 🥉 3rd
- 20:08 Powdering 5/1 🥉 3rd
Jason Hart
⚡ Jason Hart is running red-hot right now — five winners in seven days is a streak that demands your attention, and connections clearly agree given they've put him on eight rides across the card. The one to follow is Star People in the 17:30, a 133-rated mount that represents exactly the kind of top booking Hart earns when he's in this form.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 8 rides across the card
- On Star People (SR 133) in the 17:30
- 17:30 Star People unpriced Race at 17:30
- 17:30 Up The Stakes unpriced Race at 17:30
- 17:30 Dontlookanyfurther unpriced Race at 17:30
- 17:30 Spirit Of Jura 4/1 🥉 3rd
- 19:15 Sir Garfield 13/2 6th
- 19:50 Folk Pageant 11/1 5th
- 20:25 Rock Of England 3/1 🏆 WON
- 21:00 Zermatt Star 18/1 4th
William Buick
⚡ William Buick is the hottest jockey on the card right now — six winners in seven days tells you the hands are dialled in and the eye is sharp. He climbs aboard Nabati in the 16:10, a horse carrying a speed rating of 158, and that pairing does not need your second-guessing.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 20% career strike rate (323 rides)
- On Nabati (SR 158) in the 16:10
- 15:00 Force Of Light 11/10 5th
- 15:35 Al Samsama 10/1 🏆 WON
- 16:10 Nabati 13/8 🥈 2nd
- 16:45 Areti 17/2 4th
- 17:55 Devil's Peak 5/2 🏆 WON
Dylan Browne McMonagle
⚡ Nine winners in seven days and Dylan Browne McMonagle shows no sign of coming up for air. The 18:15 book on Belicoso — rated 147 — is the jewel in a five-ride card that screams stable confidence, not casual allocation.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- On Belicoso (SR 147) in the 18:15
- 5 rides across the card
- 17:05 Mr Montauk 3/1 🥉 3rd
- 17:42 Whatswrongnow 9/2 5th
- 18:15 Belicoso 11/2 🥉 3rd
- 19:59 Teologia 4/7 🏆 WON
- 20:30 Augusta Rock 5/2 🥈 2nd