Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Friday 6 November 2026
Nothing shorter than 5/1 makes my book. I'm looking beyond the obvious — but they still have to earn their place.
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.
Secret Guest
Money is moving on Secret Guest with purpose — strict-majority steamer, no drifters, and that kind of market confidence on a course winner at Newcastle AW is not something to wave past. SR of 75 tops the card, and the form book backs up what the market is already saying.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 1 prior win at Newcastle (AW)
- SR 75 — top of the card
Twisting Physics leads the card at SR 92, and that number alone earns a spot on the watchlist. Kieran Shoemark has landed 12 from 82 in the last 30 days — a 15% clip that keeps him firmly in the frame whenever he's handed a live chance.
- SR 92 — top of the card
- Kieran Shoemark — 15% strike rate last 30d (12/82)
Four signals stacking on one runner at Dundalk and the market already moving — Carolina Jetstream is the best-rated horse on the card at SR 107 and the money is arriving without hesitation. David Egan doesn't ride these for fun, and when the signals and the market agree this cleanly, it goes straight on the watchlist.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 107 — top of the card
- 4 independent signals aligned
Three wins at Newcastle AW is not a coincidence — Sugar Baby knows this track, and the market clearly knows it too. Strict-majority money coming in at 7/1 with no drifters is the kind of signal that gets a watcher's pencil moving.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 3 prior wins at Newcastle (AW)
Money has been coming for Texting all morning — strict-majority steamer with no drifters pushing back, which is as clean a market signal as you get. Jason Hart at 14% over the last 30 days is quietly flying, and when the money and the jockey land together at 11/2, Furtado's yard is worth taking seriously.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- Jason Hart — 14% strike rate last 30d (12/87)