Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Sunday 26 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.
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Harry Reed is running at 29% over the last month and he's sat on a horse that's won its last three on the spin — that combination doesn't come along every day. Davidson's yard is firing at 25% in the same window, so the whole operation is clicking right now.
- Harry Reed — 29% strike rate last 30d (5/17)
- Won last 3 starts
- Tristan Davidson — 25% strike rate last 30d (6/24)
Harry Skelton is winning one-in-three at the moment, Dan Skelton the same, and they've pooled their firepower on the top-rated horse on the card. At 9/4, the market hasn't fully caught up with those numbers — Sunray Shadow is on the list.
- Harry Skelton — 34% strike rate last 30d (20/58)
- Dan Skelton — 31% strike rate last 30d (20/65)
- SR 133 — top of the card
Six signals stacked and the market already moving — The Good Biscuit is running at SR 89, three points off a career best, and the money isn't hanging around at 11/8. Ruth Carr has this one primed.
- SR 89 — near career best (92)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 6 independent signals aligned
Bethell's yard is firing at 22% over the last month and the market's already cottoned on — Point Lynas is a strict-majority steamer with no drifters to muddy the picture. Top SR on the card at 110, Callum Rodriguez in the saddle, and the money is talking loudly enough at 15/8 to make this the obvious one to follow at Pontefract today.
- Edward Bethell — 22% strike rate last 30d (13/60)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 110 — top of the card
Rian Corcoran has been red-hot lately — 22% strike rate over the last 30 days is the kind of number that makes you sit up, and he lands on the top-rated runner on the card here at 96 SR. Four signals aligned on one horse at 9/2 is exactly the kind of quiet confluence worth marking down.
- Rian Corcoran(5) — 22% strike rate last 30d (4/18)
- SR 96 — top of the card
- 4 independent signals aligned