Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Monday 20 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.
El Muchacho
William Maggs has won a third of his rides in the last month, and that kind of form on a 3lb claimer doesn't stay quiet for long. SR 90 tops the card and the market's already steaming — somebody got there first, but there's still 9/1 on the board.
- William Maggs(3) — 33% strike rate last 30d (3/9)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 90 — top of the card
Six signals pointing the same direction and the market already moving — Lequinto isn't flying under the radar for long. Ghiani's been red-hot, winning one-in-four over the last month, and when a jockey that sharp lands on a steamer with this much confluence behind it, it goes on the watchlist without argument.
- Marco Ghiani — 25% strike rate last 30d (18/71)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 6 independent signals aligned
Harry Reed is converting at 36% over the last fortnight and change, and when you pair that with Scholfield firing at 26% from 23 runners, you've got a stable-and-jockey combination running seriously hot right now. The market's already cottoning on — money coming in with no drifters in sight tells you this isn't a casual punt.
- Harry Reed — 36% strike rate last 30d (5/14)
- Nick Scholfield — 26% strike rate last 30d (6/23)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
Truth Be Told is running a career-best 91 SR — actually nudging past the previous ceiling of 88 — and the market has noticed, with money arriving consistently and not a single drifter to complicate the picture. W J Lee takes the ride for Grassick and this is the form line that tops the entire card tonight at Ballinrobe.
- SR 91 — near career best (88)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 91 — top of the card
Lemos De Souza is running hot — 30% in the last 30 days — and the market has already made its mind up, with money piling in and not a single drifter in sight. SR 159 tops the card, and at 2/9 the only real question is whether the return justifies the ticket.
- Lemos De Souza — 30% strike rate last 30d (3/10)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 159 — top of the card