Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Monday 22 June 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.
Welbury
Welbury hasn't been out of the frame in three runs, posting 2-2-1 and now sitting at SR 82 — one tick off a career best of 83. Beasley's 15% strike rate over 259 rides isn't a fluke, and he's on a horse that's clearly in the form of its life.
- Placed in last 3 starts (form: 221)
- SR 82 — near career best (83)
- Connor Beasley — 15% career strike rate
Diamont Katie has finished on the podium in each of her last three starts and now posts an SR of 78, nudging past her own career best of 77 — that is form going the right way at exactly the right time. Burke sends them out fit and firing at 18% career strike rate, and this one looks primed to go one better.
- Placed in last 3 starts (form: 321)
- SR 78 — near career best (77)
- K R Burke — 18% career strike rate
Three places from three starts and an SR of 82 that nudges past her career best — Astrological is running into form at exactly the right moment. Botti lands 15% of his runners and this filly looks like one of the ones he's got ready.
- Placed in last 3 starts (form: 312)
- SR 82 — near career best (81)
- Marco Botti — 15% career strike rate
Switch From Diesel has won its last two on the bounce and leads the card with an SR of 92 — that is not a horse running out of fuel. Colin Keane lands in the saddle with a 16% career strike rate across 851 rides, and when form and jockey quality stack like this, it earns a spot on the watchlist.
- Won last 2 starts
- SR 92 — top of the card
- Colin Keane — 16% career strike rate
Glamorous Breeze has hit the frame in all three recent starts and tops the card with an SR of 91 — that kind of consistent placing doesn't come from luck. Christopher Mason's 19% career strike rate across 85 runs tells you this yard knows when to aim one at a race.
- Placed in last 3 starts (form: 331)
- SR 91 — top of the card
- Christopher Mason — 19% career strike rate