Sly Man's Jockeys Taking Aim — Wednesday 8 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 arrives with three winners in the last seven days and a career strike rate sitting at 22% across 1,113 rides — this is a man in form with a proven floor, not a punter's prayer. The 18:38 is where you look first: Kashooda carries a speed rating of 156, and Murphy in this nick on a horse that classy is a booking you don't walk past.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 22% career strike rate (1113 rides)
- On Kashooda (SR 156) in the 18:38
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18:03
Clarity T: Andrew Balding9/2 🥉 3rd
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18:38
Kashooda T: Andrew Balding2/1 🥈 2nd
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19:13
Baileys Khelstar T: Charlie Johnston10/3 🏆 WON
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19:48
Positive Thoughts T: John & Sean Quinn12/1 Race at 19:48
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20:20
Thapa VC T: Mark Rimell11/4 5th
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20:55
Look Back Smiling T: Neil Mulholland4/1 🥉 3rd
Billy Loughnane
⚡ Billy Loughnane is on fire right now — six winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 18% across 1,561 career rides. He lands on Waterford Castle in the 15:45, a horse carrying a speed rating of 100, and that booking does not happen by accident.
- 6 winners in the last 7 days
- 18% career strike rate (1561 rides)
- On Waterford Castle (SR 100) in the 15:45
- 14:15 Lovers Leap 9/4 🥉 3rd
- 14:45 Dubai Charm 11/4 🏆 WON
- 15:45 Waterford Castle 11/8 🥈 2nd
- 16:15 Bizarre Law 9/2 4th
- 16:45 Zafaan 7/4 4th
Colin Keane
⚡ Colin Keane is red-hot right now — five winners in the last seven days, and connections clearly know it because they've handed him seven rides across today's card. The one to focus on is Livenka in the 17:08, a horse carrying a speed rating of 158 that looks like the day's standout booking.
- 5 winners in the last 7 days
- 7 rides across the card
- On Livenka (SR 158) in the 17:08
- 16:38 Zitkala Sa 5/2 6th
- 17:08 Livenka 6/4 🏆 WON
- 17:40 La Tache 11/2 4th
- 18:15 Tounsivator 3/1 🏆 WON
- 18:50 Nuit 16/1 4th
- 19:25 Bamako Beach 4/6 🏆 WON
- 20:30 Green Kite 7/1 11th
Ray Dawson
⚡ Ray Dawson is riding the hottest streak in the weigh room right now — four winners in seven days from a man whose 16% career rate already marks him out as someone worth following. He saddles up Raneem (speed rating 156) in the 15:15, and that is the ride you want to be on this afternoon.
- 4 winners in the last 7 days
- On Raneem (SR 156) in the 15:15
- 16% career strike rate (341 rides)
- 14:15 Fantasy Obsessor 6/1 7th
- 15:15 Raneem 2/1 🥈 2nd
- 15:45 Kokbastau 15/8 🥉 3rd
Cieren Fallon
⚡ Cieren Fallon is running hot right now — three winners in the last seven days from a man who already converts at 20% across 710 career rides, and that is not a fluke, that is a jockey in form. Get him onside in the 15:45 where he sits aboard Ancestor, a 132-rated mount that makes this the standout booking of his four-ride day.
- 3 winners in the last 7 days
- 20% career strike rate (710 rides)
- On Ancestor (SR 132) in the 15:45
- 14:15 Angels' Share 28/1 5th
- 14:45 Fly Test 8/1 4th
- 15:45 Ancestor 16/1 🏆 WON
- 16:45 Divot 3/1 🏆 WON