Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Monday 7 September 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.
Saint Polo
Three wins on the spin and a career-best SR of 110 — Saint Polo is not hiding. The market knows it too, money piling in with no drifters in sight.
- Won last 3 starts
- SR 110 — near career best (107)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
Six signals lined up on Arctic Voyage and the market's already reacting — strict-majority money coming in, no drifters, nothing leaking out. Top SR on the card at 125, and that kind of confluence doesn't land on a 16:00 Newton Abbot card by accident.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 125 — top of the card
- 6 independent signals aligned
Appleby is firing at 40% over the last 30 days and Buick has been sharp too, landing 26% of his rides — this is the stable-and-jockey combination you want on your side when it matters. Maho Bay runs to a career-best speed rating of 115, so the form lines say she arrives here at the top of her powers.
- William Buick — 26% strike rate last 30d (12/47)
- Charlie Appleby — 40% strike rate last 30d (12/30)
- SR 115 — near career best (115)
Fern O'Brien is running hot — 40% strike rate in the last 30 days — and here she partners a horse sitting at a career-best SR of 102, which also tops the card at Newton Abbot today. Jager Time at 9/4 is the one to watch.
- Fern O'Brien(5) — 40% strike rate last 30d (2/5)
- SR 102 — near career best (101)
- SR 102 — top of the card
Gosden yard running at 29% in the last month, Marquand in the saddle, and the market already moving her way — this isn't a coincidence. SR 153 tops the card, and when the money talks this clearly on a stable this hot, Yamnah goes straight on the watchlist.
- John & Thady Gosden — 29% strike rate last 30d (14/48)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 153 — top of the card