Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Sunday 21 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.
Passengerontheship
Three wins on the spin and three course wins at Hexham already — Passengerontheship doesn't just like this track, he owns it. Running at a career-best SR of 106, one shy of his peak, the form line reads 111 and the price reads even money, which looks fair enough for something this well-tuned.
- Won last 3 starts
- 3 prior wins at Hexham
- SR 106 — near career best (107)
Three on the spin and two course wins already banked at Hexham — Perseus Way knows this track and is running at a 125 SR, one tick off a career best. Form line reads 111 and the signals are pointing the same direction: this horse is in the form of its life, at its favourite venue.
- Won last 3 starts
- 2 prior wins at Hexham
- SR 125 — near career best (126)
Trojan Soldier has won his last two on the spin and owns a course win at Pontefract already — that combination at SR 92, top of the card, is hard to walk past. Garritty knows this horse and O'Keeffe doesn't send them here without a plan.
- Won last 2 starts
- SR 92 — top of the card
- 1 prior win at Pontefract
Correspondence has placed in each of her last three starts and arrives here at a career-best SR of 81 — this is a horse in the form of her life. Myla Coppins claims 7lb and hits at 20% over 81 career rides, which is not a jockey you want against you at 9/2.
- Placed in last 3 starts (form: 213)
- SR 81 — near career best (81)
- Myla Coppins(7) — 20% career strike rate
Merveilleux Lapin is sitting on an SR of 97 — two points off a career best and top of the whole card today — which makes 11/1 look like the layers haven't done their homework. Callum Rodriguez lands 17% of his rides over 580 attempts, and when he climbs aboard a horse running this close to peak, that combination tends to matter.
- SR 97 — near career best (99)
- SR 97 — top of the card
- Callum Rodriguez — 17% career strike rate