Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Saturday 26 September 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.
Indemnity
Ben Jones is winning at 27% over the last 30 days and the market is already steaming Indemnity without a single drifter in sight. Top SR on the card at 127 — this one's on the list before the parade ring even opens.
- Ben Jones — 27% strike rate last 30d (3/11)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 127 — top of the card
Four signals lining up at once is unusual enough to sit up straight, and the money's already moving with no drift to soften it. I'm Next tops the SR at 86 with David Allan in the plate — Easterby doesn't send them to Ripon to finish second.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 4 independent signals aligned
- SR 86 — top of the card
Money is moving on Accrual — strict-majority steamer with no drifters pushing back — and Ruth Carr at 15% over 65 runs in the last month is not a trainer sending horses out to make up the numbers. Top SR on the card at 79 and this looks like a stable with a plan.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- Ruth Carr — 15% strike rate last 30d (10/65)
- SR 79 — top of the card
Come What May sits top of the card with an SR of 146 — that's the number that pulled it onto the watchlist, full stop. Lordan's been firing at 17% over the last month, ten winners from 59 rides, and this looks exactly the kind of race he drops one in.
- SR 146 — top of the card
- W. M. Lordan — 17% strike rate last 30d (10/59)
Market money has picked Be Frank out at 20:00 Southwell — strict-majority steamer, no drifters, which tells its own story. Top SR on the card at 75 seals it; this one's on the list.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 75 — top of the card