Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Friday 14 August 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.
Mighty Berkshire
Declan Queally has been firing at 38% this past month and he's put his own son up — that's not a casual booking. Mighty Berkshire is also running at SR 106, two ticks off a career best of 108, so the form underneath this one is live.
- Mr D L Queally — 33% strike rate last 30d (2/6)
- Declan Queally — 38% strike rate last 30d (6/16)
- SR 106 — near career best (108)
George Scott is running at 26% over the last month and the money is already moving for Moulin Booj, which is rarely a coincidence. An SR of 90 — a whisker off this horse's career best — tells you the yard has it spot-on today.
- George Scott — 26% strike rate last 30d (8/31)
- SR 90 — near career best (93)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
Billy Loughnane is firing at 27% over the last 30 days — one in four, on a horse running close to its career-best SR of 78. Boughey's yard is just as hot at 23%, and when the stable and jockey are both clicking like this, 18/1 looks like the layers aren't paying attention.
- Billy Loughnane — 27% strike rate last 30d (36/134)
- SR 75 — near career best (78)
- George Boughey — 23% strike rate last 30d (11/47)
Roger Varian is landing 29% of his runners right now, and the market has already clocked it — this one is steaming with no drifters in sight. Zachary Hickes is also posting an SR of 78, a tick above his career best, which is exactly the kind of quiet peak form that gets missed until it's too late.
- Roger Varian — 29% strike rate last 30d (15/51)
- SR 78 — near career best (76)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
Lemos De Souza is firing at 29% over the last month and Liam Wright has been riding out of his skin at 25% — that combination landing on the same horse at 7/4 is worth sitting up for. The market has already clocked it, money coming in with no drift, so the price won't stay where it is.
- Lemos De Souza — 29% strike rate last 30d (4/14)
- Liam Wright(5) — 25% strike rate last 30d (6/24)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters