Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Saturday 11 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.
⚡ William Buick rolls in red-hot off six winners in seven days and lands a seven-ride book today that tells you Godolphin's brain trust hasn't missed a trick. He tops it with Big Mojo in the 16:35 at Newmarket — Fox's marquee pick, and frankly the one ride on this card you don't need a spreadsheet to find.
- Fox's pick in the 16:35 Newmarket
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
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13:40
Al Wathba T: Charlie Appleby5/2 🥈 2nd
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14:15
True Test T: William Knight7/2 🥉 3rd
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14:52
Tales Of Wisdom T: Charlie Appleby13/2 6th
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15:25
Aalto T: Ian Williams4/1 🏆 WON
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16:00
Al Hudaiba T: Charlie Appleby9/4 🏆 WON
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16:35
Big Mojo T: Michael Appleby10/1 🦊 10th
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17:10
Secret History T: Ed Walker9/1 🏆 WON
Oisin Murphy
⚡ Oisin Murphy is in the kind of purple patch that makes a Saturday card look like a personal shopping trip — five winners in the last seven days and now handed eight rides to press his case further. A 22% career strike rate across 1,132 rides tells you this is no flash in the pan, and with a book that size today, you're getting quantity and quality in the same package.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1132 rides)
- 8 rides across the card
- 13:40 Subscription 8/1 4th
- 14:15 Machadadorp 7/2 🥈 2nd
- 14:52 Alfaraz 4/1 🥈 2nd
- 15:25 Two Tribes 17/2 7th
- 16:00 Silver Dominion 33/1 4th
- 16:35 Double Rush 7/1 8th
- 17:10 Nikovo 13/2 🥉 3rd
- 17:45 Cape Fear 6/4 🥉 3rd
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is running so hot right now that nine winners in seven days isn't a purple patch, it's a statement — and whoever booked him for the Group 1 July Cup at 16:35 knew exactly what they were doing. At 18% across 1,577 rides, the career numbers already earn respect, but it's the current temperature that makes him the name to track across all six of today's rides.
- 9 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1577 rides)
- Booked in Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai July Cup Stakes (Group 1) at 16:35
- 14:15 Just A Girl 14/1 8th
- 14:52 Moonfall 11/4 4th
- 15:25 Elarak 4/1 🥉 3rd
- 16:00 Alfred Wallace 22/1 5th
- 16:35 Comanche Brave 16/1 🏆 WON
- 17:10 Crimson Spirit 7/2 🥈 2nd
Ryan Moore
⚡ Ryan Moore converts at 28% across 431 career rides, which is not a stat you walk past lightly, and with six rides on the card today the law of averages is already working in your favour before you've even opened the racecard. The one to circle is the 16:35 Group 1 July Cup — Moore doesn't take those bookings for the fun of it.
- 28% career strike rate (431 rides)
- 2 winners in the last 7 days
- Booked in Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai July Cup Stakes (Group 1) at 16:35
- 13:40 Haffner 4/5 🏆 WON
- 14:52 Wechaad 4/1 🥉 3rd
- 15:25 Supido 10/1 4th
- 16:00 Abraham Lincoln 5/6 🥈 2nd
- 16:35 Mission Central 6/1 7th
- 17:10 Exposure 3/1 4th
Marco Ghiani
⚡ Marco Ghiani has landed five winners in the last seven days and walks into today carrying that heat across five rides, including a Group 1 shot at 16:35 that the big pages will be all over. The one I'm watching first is Tarot in the 14:15 — a Speed Rating of 91 does the talking before Ghiani even picks up his whip.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- Booked in Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai July Cup Stakes (Group 1) at 16:35
- On Tarot (SR 91) in the 14:15
- 14:15 Tarot 10/1 6th
- 14:52 Sunset On Leros 50/1 8th
- 16:00 Notable Dream 25/1 6th
- 16:35 Quinault 33/1 11th
- 17:10 Sword 12/1 6th