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Market Steamers — Friday 28 August 2026

Each-way reads for Friday 28 August 2026 — every flat-card steamer under 19/1, backed 40% or more. Wins fund losses, places trim them. Mr Fox's stake: 1pt each-way.

10 flat-card horses have been backed 40% or more — at sane prices. The signal's 90-day track record: roughly one winner in seven, one place in two and a half. We stake these each-way, 1pt to win plus 1pt to place — the wins fund the losses, the places trim them, and the place rate (around 40%) is where the actual edge lives.

The market reads each horse for a reason: a clean piece of work, a stable whisper, a first-time gear change, or the simple acknowledgement that the early price was wrong. Read each move below, then weigh it against the horse's case on the page.

Curation note — the published board is filtered for names that have historically paid: under 19/1 board price, flat-card only. Long-odds lottery steamers and jumps DNFs are stripped because they don't pay each-way. The full live board at /steamers/ shows every move without the filter.

Drifters worth knowing live in the sidebar at the foot of the article — names the layers are happy to keep on side, and worth treating with caution.

The Verdict

Mr Fox's stake: 1pt each-way on every name above. The 90-day track record shows the place rate (around 40%) is where this signal earns its keep — winners fund losses, places trim them, and the maths works out positive on the place side. Follow the steam, fade the drift — and always at each-way.

+61% STEAMER Thirsk 17:13

Hamadhan

22/1 8/1

Quiet build, loud finish. Hamadhan is being backed from 22/1 into 8/1 — a 61% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 17:13 Thirsk card.

Trainer Jennie Candlish Jockey Jason Hart Trip 1m6f0y Best price Betfred
+58% STEAMER Sandown 16:10

Magic Trip

18/1 7/1
PLACED · 2nd 2nd of 8

The trainer's been talking. Magic Trip is being backed from 18/1 into 7/1 — a 58% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 16:10 Sandown card.

Trainer Andrew Balding Jockey Jason Watson Trip 1m0f0y Best price Paddy Power
+49% STEAMER Goodwood 18:55

Newsreader

15/2 10/3
Did not finish

The smart money has spoken. Newsreader is being backed from 15/2 into 10/3 — a 49% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 18:55 Goodwood card.

Trainer Tony Carroll Jockey David Egan Trip 0m6f0y Best price Betfred
+45% STEAMER Goodwood 18:55

Sound And Vision

9/1 9/2
WON · 1st +£4.50 per £1

Layers running for cover. Sound And Vision is being backed from 9/1 into 9/2 — a 45% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 18:55 Goodwood card.

Trainer Ed Walker Jockey Kieran Shoemark Trip 0m6f0y Best price Coral
+44% STEAMER Sandown 14:25

Betty Boop

8/1 4/1
WON · 1st +£4.00 per £1

Layers running for cover. Betty Boop is being backed from 8/1 into 4/1 — a 44% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 14:25 Sandown card.

Trainer Richard Hughes Jockey Oisin Murphy Trip 0m5f10y Best price Betfred
+44% STEAMER Ffos Las 14:00

Call Time

8/1 4/1
PLACED · 3rd 3rd of 8

The smart money has spoken. Call Time is being backed from 8/1 into 4/1 — a 44% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 14:00 Ffos Las card.

Trainer J S Moore Jockey Taylor Fisher Trip 0m5f0y Best price Betfred
+44% STEAMER Goodwood 19:28

Show Biz Kid

16/1 17/2
PLACED · 3rd 3rd of 10

Layers running for cover. Show Biz Kid is being backed from 16/1 into 17/2 — a 44% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 19:28 Goodwood card.

Trainer Julia & Shelley Birkett Jockey Mr Ross Birkett Trip 1m1f11y Best price William Hill
+44% STEAMER Thirsk 14:13

Tropez Power

16/1 17/2
5th 5th of 11

Layers running for cover. Tropez Power is being backed from 16/1 into 17/2 — a 44% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 14:13 Thirsk card.

Trainer Mark Walford Jockey Miss Alice Cooke Trip 0m7f218y Best price William Hill
+43% STEAMER Sandown 14:25

Holi Scarlett

22/1 12/1
6th 6th of 8

Quiet build, loud finish. Holi Scarlett is being backed from 22/1 into 12/1 — a 43% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 14:25 Sandown card.

Trainer Stuart Williams Jockey Sean Levey Trip 0m5f10y Best price Bet365
+42% STEAMER Ffos Las 15:10

Zupa Trupa

17/2 9/2
PLACED · 3rd 3rd of 5

The smart money has spoken. Zupa Trupa is being backed from 17/2 into 9/2 — a 42% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 15:10 Ffos Las card.

Trainer Ralph Beckett Jockey Rhys Clutterbuck Trip 1m0f0y Best price Betfred
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