Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Friday 28 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.
She Is For Me Boys
Jamie Snowden is running at 40% over the last month and this mare's Speed Rating of 115 puts her clear at the top of the card. Near a career best and in the hands of a yard firing — She Is For Me Boys is the one to watch at Fontwell tonight.
- Jamie Snowden — 40% strike rate last 30d (4/10)
- SR 115 — near career best (116)
- SR 115 — top of the card
Thursday Girl is running at SR 92 — one point off her career best of 93 — and the market has already noticed, with money piling in and not a single drifter in sight. Oisin Murphy in the plate at 10/3 on the top-rated horse at Sandown at 16:10 is exactly the kind of setup worth marking down early.
- SR 92 — near career best (93)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 92 — top of the card
Six signals stacked in the same direction and the market already moving money in — Glenna's SR of 84 is within two points of her career best at exactly the right moment. At 11/2, this is the kind of quiet alignment that doesn't stay quiet for long.
- SR 84 — near career best (86)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 6 independent signals aligned
Harry Skelton is firing at 33% over the last month and Dan Skelton matches him stride for stride at 30%, so when they combine at this price it demands attention. Delgany Second Now is also running an SR of 80 — a tick past her career best — and that combination of yard form and peak performance timing is exactly the kind of overlap worth marking up.
- Harry Skelton — 33% strike rate last 30d (8/24)
- Dan Skelton — 30% strike rate last 30d (8/27)
- SR 80 — near career best (79)
Jennie Candlish is running at 36% in the last month and Saint Polo sits top of the card on SR 113 — four signals pointing the same way is not noise. Luke Scott takes the claim but the trainer form is doing the heavy lifting here.
- Jennie Candlish — 36% strike rate last 30d (10/28)
- SR 113 — top of the card
- 4 independent signals aligned