Sly Man's Horses to Watch — Wednesday 16 September 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.
War Rooms
War Rooms tops the card with an SR of 85 and the market is already talking — strict-majority steam, no drift, money coming in one direction. At 13/2 with Heffernan in the saddle, this is the one worth watching closely at Clonmel tonight.
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- SR 85 — top of the card
Three wins at Kelso already tells you this track suits her down to the ground, and an SR of 107 puts her clear at the top of the card. Starlyte is the one to watch here.
- SR 107 — top of the card
- 3 prior wins at Kelso
Estrallita tops the entire Clonmel card with an SR of 147 — that number doesn't land at the top by accident. James Ryan and Jack W Davison have handed the assessors something to work with here, and 7/1 looks like the layers haven't done the same sums.
- SR 147 — top of the card
Seven signals pointing the same way and the market quietly loading up — Kimeko Glory is running at SR 87, three ticks off a career best of 90, and that kind of form reading at 7/1 is the sort of discrepancy that doesn't last long. Saffie Osborne in the plate with Hills sending her out near peak — this one is firmly on the list.
- SR 87 — near career best (90)
- Money coming — strict-majority steamer, no drifters
- 7 independent signals aligned
Prescott is firing at 30% over the last month and he's put Doyle — 13 from 56 himself — on a horse running at a career-best 82 SR. That combination doesn't happen by accident at 8/1.
- Sir Mark Prescott Bt — 30% strike rate last 30d (12/40)
- SR 82 — near career best (81)
- James Doyle — 23% strike rate last 30d (13/56)