Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Saturday 27 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.
Team Player
Greg Fairley has a horse in red-hot nick here — back-to-back wins, SR of 102 sitting top of the entire card, and Whillans' yard clearly in a purple patch. Team Player goes on the watchlist not because it's a tip, but because that kind of momentum on an all-weather track doesn't just evaporate.
- Mr Fox's editorial pick for this race
- Won last 2 starts
- SR 102 — top of the card
Believitanducan has won her last two on the bounce and an SR of 91 sits right at the top of this card — within two points of a career best that tells you the horse is in the form of its life. Buick doesn't take rides like this at 11/4 without expecting to be competitive, and King's yard is clearly sending this one out to run.
- Won last 2 starts
- SR 91 — near career best (93)
- SR 91 — top of the card
Three places on the bounce and an SR of 95 that nudges past her own career best of 93 — Greydreambeliever is building, not flatlining. DBM in the saddle at the Curragh for O'Brien, and this filly is top of the card for a reason.
- Placed in last 3 starts (form: 222)
- SR 95 — near career best (93)
- SR 95 — top of the card
Cieren Fallon lands 20% of everything he touches and Haggas has sent him here with the top SR on the card — that's not an accident. Power Fizz already knows how to win at Newcastle, and this combination is not one to leave alone at 11/4.
- Cieren Fallon — 20% career strike rate
- SR 101 — top of the card
- 1 prior win at Newcastle (AW)
Cieren Fallon lands 20% of his rides across 676 runs — that's not a hot streak, that's a baseline you can trust — and Haggas has pointed him here with a course winner already in the book. SR 106 tops the card at Newcastle today, and this one ticks every box worth ticking.
- Cieren Fallon — 20% career strike rate
- SR 106 — top of the card
- 1 prior win at Newcastle (AW)