Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Thursday 5 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.
Moulton Queen
Four independent signals lining up on the same horse at 6/1 is not something to walk past, and the market is already moving — strict-majority steamer with no drifters pushing back. SR 147 tops the card, Jack Callan takes the ride, and the money is talking before the race even starts.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 147 — top of the card
- 4 independent signals aligned
Hope Regan has landed two from seven in the last 30 days, and a 29% clip on a 7lb claimer is the kind of number that makes you sit up. Four signals converging on the same horse at 5/1 is not a coincidence worth ignoring.
- Hope Regan(7) — 29% strike rate last 30d (2/7)
- 4 independent signals aligned
- Patrick Morris — 18% strike rate last 30d (3/17)
Four independent signals pointing the same direction, money arriving without a drift in sight — Ten Cuidado is the steamer the market hasn't fully caught up with yet. Already won at Southwell, so the track holds no mystery at 11/2.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 4 independent signals aligned
- 1 prior win at Southwell (AW)
Money has been coming for Nolton Cross all morning — strict-majority steamer at 5/1, no drifters in sight, and that kind of market move at Southwell tends to mean something. Two wins already on this surface and the top SR on the card; this one knows the place, and so does whoever's been backing it.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 2 prior wins at Southwell (AW)
- SR 86 — top of the card
Herrington is firing at 25% over the last 30 days and the market has already clocked it — Quiet Soul is a strict-majority steamer with no drifters in sight. Hart lands 13% of his rides right now and that combination of hot trainer money and a jockey in form at 15/2 is too tidy to ignore.
- Michael Herrington — 25% strike rate last 30d (9/36)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- Jason Hart — 13% strike rate last 30d (11/87)