Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Friday 10 July 2026
Five names off today's card. Not the headline favourites — the ones with a story the form book half-mentions.
Five worth watching today. Read the rating, read the angle, then make up your own mind. I'm the wiry one in the silks reading form on a tablet while the favourites warm up — here's what's caught my eye.
Evening Tess
Harry Skelton at 35% over the last 30 days is not a number you ignore, and when the trainer is firing at 33% in the same window, the stable is simply in form. Evening Tess tops it off with an SR of 112 — she's not near her career best, she's past it.
- Harry Skelton — 35% strike rate last 30d (19/54)
- Dan Skelton — 33% strike rate last 30d (19/58)
- SR 112 — near career best (109)
Jamie Snowden is firing at 22% over the last month and the market has already clocked it — money is piling in with no drift to speak of. SR 131 puts Our Guide at the head of this card, and when the trainer form, the steam, and the ratings all point the same way, that's worth writing down.
- Jamie Snowden — 22% strike rate last 30d (4/18)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 131 — top of the card
Ryan Moore is firing at 27% over the last 30 days and he's on the best-rated horse in the race — that combination doesn't come along every card. Precise is actually running a career-best 131 today, and at 4/5 the market already knows it.
- Ryan Moore — 27% strike rate last 30d (16/60)
- SR 131 — near career best (129)
- SR 131 — top of the card
Marco Ghiani is operating at 29% over the last 30 days — that's not a hot streak, that's a conversion rate — and he's been handed the top-rated horse on the card in Archers Bay. Six signals aligned behind one runner at 17/2 is the kind of number that makes this an easy name to write down.
- Marco Ghiani — 29% strike rate last 30d (19/66)
- SR 99 — top of the card
- 6 independent signals aligned
Lacrima is running at SR 101, a tick above her career best of 98, and she sits top of the card on that measure — the form is pointing in one direction. The market has clocked it too, strict-majority money coming in with no drifters to muddy the picture.
- SR 101 — near career best (98)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 101 — top of the card