Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Friday 3 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.
Nouvotic
Back-to-back wins and an SR of 140 that puts Nouvotic clear at the top of this card — De Bromhead doesn't send them to Wexford at 7/4 for the fresh air. Sixty-five days off and still placed last time out tells you the layoff is not a concern.
- Won last 2 starts
- SR 140 — top of the card
- 65 days off the track — placed last time
Supreme King arrives here on the back of 211 form and an SR of 94 that's within two points of his career best — this horse is bang in form and running right now. Murphy at 22% from 1,094 career rides doesn't climb aboard horses like this by accident.
- Placed in last 3 starts (form: 211)
- SR 94 — near career best (96)
- Oisin Murphy — 22% career strike rate
Comical Point sits top of the card on SR 104 with a placed run in each of the last three starts, and that 233 form line tells me this horse knows how to find the frame when it matters. Ryan Moore at 28% from 414 career rides is not an accident, and when he takes the reins on the form pick, Sandown at 7/4 is worth the attention.
- Placed in last 3 starts (form: 233)
- Ryan Moore — 28% career strike rate
- SR 104 — top of the card
Miss Kassiopi is running at SR 95, within two points of her career best, and she tops the card today — that's not coincidence, that's a horse in the form of her life. Harry Skelton at 27% from 630 rides doesn't get on horses like this by accident.
- SR 95 — near career best (97)
- Harry Skelton — 27% career strike rate
- SR 95 — top of the card
Doctor Elvis is running at SR 123, within three points of his career best and top of the entire card at Wexford tonight. Jack Kennedy at 20% from 556 rides is not a jockey you ignore when he turns up on a horse already near its ceiling.
- SR 123 — near career best (126)
- Jack Kennedy — 20% career strike rate
- SR 123 — top of the card