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Market Steamers — Sunday 23 August 2026

Each-way reads for Sunday 23 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.

3 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.

+63% STEAMER Brighton 15:20

Pageant Girl

40/1 14/1
5th 5th of 6

Quiet build, loud finish. Pageant Girl is being backed from 40/1 into 14/1 — a 63% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 15:20 Brighton card.

Trainer James Owen Jockey Luke Morris Trip 0m5f215y Best price Betfred
+47% STEAMER Naas 17:30

Quatre Bras

18/1 9/1
5th 5th of 10

Quiet build, loud finish. Quatre Bras is being backed from 18/1 into 9/1 — a 47% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 17:30 Naas card.

Trainer Richard John O'Brien Jockey Andrew Slattery Trip 1m2f110y Best price Paddy Power
+41% STEAMER Naas 17:30

Akecheta

16/1 9/1
9th 9th of 10

Layers running for cover. Akecheta is being backed from 16/1 into 9/1 — a 41% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 17:30 Naas card.

Trainer Kevin Thomas Coleman Jockey W J Lee Trip 1m2f110y Best price Paddy Power
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