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Market Steamers — Sunday 9 August 2026

Each-way reads for Sunday 9 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.

+45% STEAMER Curragh 13:15

Snowing

4/1 7/4
6th 6th of 19

The trainer's been talking. Snowing is being backed from 4/1 into 7/4 — a 45% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 13:15 Curragh card.

Trainer A P O'Brien Jockey Ryan Moore Trip 0m6f0y Best price Betfred
+41% STEAMER Chepstow 15:51

Cici's Secret

28/1 16/1
8th 8th of 8

Quiet build, loud finish. Cici's Secret is being backed from 28/1 into 16/1 — a 41% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 15:51 Chepstow card.

Trainer Charlie Pike Jockey Edward Greatrex Trip 0m6f16y Best price Betfred
+41% STEAMER Curragh 14:15

Fort Dearborn

28/1 16/1
11th 11th of 13

Quiet build, loud finish. Fort Dearborn is being backed from 28/1 into 16/1 — a 41% shortening that suggests the smart money's seen something worth backing on the 14:15 Curragh card.

Trainer J P Murtagh Jockey W J Lee Trip 0m7f0y Best price Coral
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