Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Tuesday 27 October 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.
Inver Bay
Aidan Anthony Howard is running at 31% over the last 30 days and Inver Bay has won the last two on the spin — that combination at 5/1 is exactly the kind of thing worth marking down. Robbie Colgan keeps the ride, the yard is firing, and a hat-trick at Galway is firmly on the cards.
- Aidan Anthony Howard — 31% strike rate last 30d (4/13)
- Won last 2 starts
Kudos Too sits top of the card on SR 76 and the market is already talking — strict-majority steamer with nothing drifting against it. Muir and Grassick don't send them to Wolverhampton for a quiet night, and the money knows it.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 76 — top of the card
Four wins at Wolverhampton and placed in all three recent starts — Kaaranah knows this track and she's in form right now. Four independent signals aligned at 6/1 is the kind of number that gets written down.
- 4 independent signals aligned
- 4 prior wins at Wolverhampton (AW)
- Placed in last 3 starts (form: 231)
McHugh and Keatley are both running hot — 20% and 21% strike rates over the last 30 days respectively, which is a combination worth marking up at 6/1. Add one prior win at Catterick and Wobwobwob is sitting on a hat-trick of reasons to be on the watchlist today.
- Barry McHugh — 20% strike rate last 30d (4/20)
- Adrian Keatley — 21% strike rate last 30d (5/24)
- 1 prior win at Catterick
Money is moving on Eldeyaar with no drifters in the market — when the whole room leans one way, that tends to mean something. Add a prior win around Catterick's tight turns and Cam Hardie aboard, and this one was always going on the watchlist.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 1 prior win at Catterick