Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Wednesday 14 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.
Charmaine
Fanshawe is firing at 24% over the last month and the market has already clocked Charmaine — money coming in, no drifters, four signals stacked. This one doesn't look like a 5/1 shot for long.
- James Fanshawe — 24% strike rate last 30d (8/34)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 4 independent signals aligned
Fanshawe's yard is firing — 24% in the last 30 days — and the market has already clocked it, with money coming in and nothing drifting the other way. Top SR on the card at 84, and Philanthropist is the name to have onside at 11/2.
- James Fanshawe — 24% strike rate last 30d (8/34)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 84 — top of the card
Charlie Appleby is firing at 41% over the last 30 days and Mythical Tale sits on an SR of 149 — top of the whole card at Nottingham. That combination at 6/1 is exactly the kind of thing worth writing down.
- Charlie Appleby — 41% strike rate last 30d (17/41)
- SR 149 — top of the card
Money is finding Kitaro Kich at 8/1 and it is not drifting back — that kind of strict-majority steam at this stage of the day means someone knows something. Add a prior win on this exact surface and de la Sayette in the saddle, and the case for watching this one closely writes itself.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 1 prior win at Kempton (AW)
Loughnane is red-hot right now — one winner in every five rides over the last 30 days, and Chapple-Hyam is running at exactly the same clip with a yard that picks its spots. When jockey and trainer are both firing at 20%, you don't need much else to explain why Tenison sits on the watchlist at 5/1.
- Billy Loughnane — 20% strike rate last 30d (34/170)
- Peter Chapple-Hyam — 20% strike rate last 30d (2/10)