Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Tuesday 6 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.
Quantum Power
Tom Clover is firing at 26% over the last month and Quantum Power carries that yard's form right to the top of the card with an SR of 92. David Egan in the saddle at 11/2 — this one's on the list for a reason.
- Tom Clover — 26% strike rate last 30d (8/31)
- SR 92 — top of the card
Money has moved on South Kensington with purpose — strict-majority steaming, no drifters in the mix, and that kind of weight of cash doesn't land at 13/2 by accident. Factor in the prior course win at Brighton and this one was always going on the watchlist.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 1 prior win at Brighton
Highfield Comrade has already won at Southwell, so the track is no mystery, and with Hart and Quinn both clicking at 14% over the last 30 days there's a yard-and-jockey combination in decent nick behind him. At 6/1, the market hasn't fully joined the dots.
- 1 prior win at Southwell (AW)
- Jason Hart — 14% strike rate last 30d (16/116)
- John & Sean Quinn — 14% strike rate last 30d (5/35)
Four signals aligned on one runner at 5/1 — that kind of confluence doesn't come around every card. Beckett's firing at 18% over the last 30 days and Nochebuena is sitting at SR 88, two points off her career best.
- SR 88 — near career best (90)
- 4 independent signals aligned
- Ralph Beckett — 18% strike rate last 30d (17/97)
Ben Jones is landing one in three at the moment and the market's already clocked it — money coming for Maestrow with no drifters in sight. The Pauling yard is ticking over quietly at 18% and at 8/1 this looks like a case of the layers being slow to catch up.
- Ben Jones — 33% strike rate last 30d (3/9)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- Ben Pauling — 18% strike rate last 30d (2/11)