Date Posted: Saturday August 8, 2026
Welcome to the new Twister Tipster. Horse racing only, AI-powered, and starting from zero today. The full relaunch post explains the thinking — this one is about the racing.
It is a big day to start. Ascot is hosting the Shergar Cup, the team jockey competition where riders from GB & Ireland, Europe, Hong Kong and the Rest of the World go head-to-head across six races. Alongside that, Billy Loughnane — leading the flat jockeys championship with 93 winners and 11 clear of champion Oisin Murphy — is riding at Newmarket. Jockey storylines add an extra dimension to today’s card and they feed directly into our selections.
Graceful Song — Newmarket 1:55, 6/4, 2 pt win
A two-year-old filly trained by Charlie Appleby, unbeaten in one start and a course-and-distance winner last month when beating Somers Isles by two and a quarter lengths at 10-11 favourite on good to firm. The form franked, the clock was good, and she returns to identical conditions. The key angle: Billy Loughnane is in the saddle. He is 11 wins clear at the top of the flat jockeys championship and riding with the confidence of a man who knows what it takes to win a title race. Every winner counts in August.
Hoseki — Ascot 3:55, 15/8, 2 pt win
Trained by William Haggas and ridden by Saffie Osborne — who is carrying double motivation today, fighting for points in both the flat jockeys championship and the Shergar Cup for GB & Ireland. Hoseki has won three times this season and on her latest start beat Nochebuena by a short head over this course and distance on good to firm. She has won three times from 1m 2f to 1m 4f on good and good to firm ground and steps back onto her ideal surface. A horse in form, with a jockey who has every reason to be at her absolute best.
Level Look — Ascot 3:55, 11/1, 1 pt each way (3 places, 1/5 odds)
The each-way interest in the same race. Trained by Andrew Balding and ridden by Frida Valle Skar of the Europe Shergar Cup team, Level Look was second of seven at Chester last time, beaten one and a half lengths when sent off the 7-4 favourite. He has a win on the all-weather at this trip and the drop in market confidence looks overdone at 11/1 after a solid placed run. The Shergar Cup creates a genuine motivation for every jockey on the card today and Valle Skar will want to get Europe off to a strong start.
Ozat — Ascot 4:30, 7/2, 1 pt win
Ryan Moore takes the ride for Ian Williams. Moore is captaining GB & Ireland in the Shergar Cup and will not want to be on the wrong end of a result in a race his team needs to win. Ozat is rated 97 and has won four times from a mile to a mile and a furlong on varied ground. The Goodwood run last month was well below his best — beaten nine lengths at 18-1 — but that form was an outlier against a horse who had been much more competitive on similar marks. Moore at a major meeting with team pride on the line on a well-handicapped horse is a combination the analysis rates highly.
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