Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Sunday 1 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.
Therewillbeglory
Five signals aligned on Therewillbeglory and the market is steaming with no drifters — that is not noise, that is a yard sending a message. Andrew Slattery at 19% over the last 30 days keeps the book tidy.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 5 independent signals aligned
- Andrew Slattery — 19% strike rate last 30d (8/42)
Four independent signals lining up on the same horse at 13/2 is not a coincidence — the market is already moving, and Uncle Goalie sits at the top of the card with an SR of 95. The money is coming in with no drift in sight, and that kind of one-way traffic at this price tends to mean something.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 95 — top of the card
- 4 independent signals aligned
Three wins at the Curragh and the market steaming with no drifters — Gazelle d'Or knows this track and the money knows it too. SR 80 tops the card, and when that aligns with a clean market move, this is exactly where the watchlist earns its keep.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 3 prior wins at Curragh
- SR 80 — top of the card
Abbotsford tops the card with an SR of 107, and that alone puts him on the sheet. D K Weld has been quietly clocking a 13% strike rate over the last 30 days, and Hayes in the saddle at 7/1 is not a combination to ignore.
- SR 107 — top of the card
- D K Weld — 13% strike rate last 30d (4/30)
Woods is firing at 26% over the last 30 days and Skelton's yard is churning out winners at 23% — both hot, both on this one. The market's already clocked it, money coming in with no drift at all, and 6/1 still looks generous for a combination this sharp.
- Kielan Woods — 26% strike rate last 30d (11/43)
- Dan Skelton — 23% strike rate last 30d (39/170)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters