Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Saturday 14 November 2026
Nothing shorter than 5/1 makes my book. I'm looking beyond the obvious — but they still have to earn their place.
By Sly Man14 Nov 2026 · 3 min read
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.
JHarry Skelton
TDan Skelton
Fox's Call 14:20 Cheltenham
1Blueking d'Oroux
Harry Skelton is operating at a 34% strike rate over the last 30 days — that's 37 winners from 108 rides, and when he's running this hot you don't need much else to justify a place on the watchlist.
The Skelton yard is firing too, 42 winners in the same window, and Blueking d'Oroux at 5/1 is the kind of price that gets interesting when the whole operation is in this kind of form.
The case
- Mr Fox's editorial pick for this race
JSean Bowen
TOlly Murphy
Hot Hands 16:00 Cheltenham
2Miss Master
Sean Bowen at 26% over the last 30 days is not a stat you ignore, and Olly Murphy is running at 24% in the same window — that is a yard and jockey firing in tandem.
The market has already clocked it, with money coming for Miss Master and no drift to soften the picture.
The case
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
JEoin Staples (5)
TPaul Nolan
Hot Hands 14:55 Cheltenham
3Ifiwerearichman
Eoin Staples is landing one in four over the last month, the market is quietly piling in, and Ifiwerearichman sits at the top of the card on a Speed Rating of 120 — that combination doesn't sit still for long at 11/2.
Staples is the angle here, and the money moving without a single drifter to muddy the picture tells you someone knows it too.
The case
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- Rating SR 120top of the card
JKeith Donoghue
TGavin Cromwell
Steamer 13:35 Navan
4Fiveandahalf
Five signals stacked, SR tops the card at 162, and the market is moving in one direction only — that is not a coincidence.
Donoghue and Cromwell know exactly what they've got here, and so does whoever is loading up at 5/1.
The case
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- Rating SR 162top of the card
- 5 independent signals aligned
JKevin Healy (7)
TDeclan Queally
Steamer 13:02 Navan
5Rightfolksplease
Four signals locked in and the market already moving — money is coming for Rightfolksplease at 13:02 Navan, and it's not casual each-way flutters doing the steering.
SR 114 tops the card, the steamer is strict-majority with no drifters to muddy it, and that kind of confluence doesn't stack up by accident.
The case
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- Rating SR 114top of the card
- 4 independent signals aligned
