Sly Man's Top Rated — Sunday 13 September 2026
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Sly Man’s Briefing · 2026-09-13
Today’s Top Rated
25
races
392
runners scanned
Signals converging
The FoldThe FoldWhere two or more of Saturday Racing’s primary analytical signals converge on the same horse. The higher the count, the stronger the signal.
2 horses appear in two of today’s primary signals.
Editorial
Sly Man’s Take
Three minutes with the day.
2 horses in the Fold today.
Comanche Brave at 15:25 Curragh (7/4) is today's headline name, sitting in The Fold by merit of both a Speed Rating of 127 and an Official Rating of 118 — two independent systems pointing at the same horse in the same race, which is as clean a convergence as you will find across 25 races this morning. Jan Brueghel at 16:35 Curragh (11/2) is the second Fold horse, crossing OR 120 and TS 112, and the added interest there is that Scandinavia heads the OR table for the same race at OR 125, so the 16:35 shapes up as the day's most competitive puzzle — convergence on Jan Brueghel is real, but the market clearly respects something else in the field. Away from the Curragh, three horses — Sondad at 13:45, Asuka at 13:55 Doncaster, and Star Of State at 14:15 Curragh — each draw three-system cross-consensus from AI, Mr Fox, and the steamer board, which is a rare alignment on an ordinary Sunday, though none has broken into The Fold and the prices will tell you the market is not panicking to back them. Over at Bath, Sacred Rhythm leads the Speed Ratings by a significant margin at SR 147 for the 16:25, but that number sits entirely alone — no OR or TS support, no cross-system noise — so treat it as a flag worth watching rather than a reason to act. Footstepinthewoods at 17:30 Bath has steamed from 10/1 to 6/1 and also picks up a jockey upgrade to Marco Ghiani (28.6% strike rate, up from Sean Levey at 6.9%), making it the most rounded second-line angle of the day, provided the Bath ground suits.
The scan
Top Signals TodayTop SignalsThe highest-conviction hit from each race today, one row per race. Filters the whole card down to what’s actually worth watching.
The highest-conviction hits, one per race.
By the numbers
The Ratings
Top three horses by each rating system today.
Cross-system agreement
Systems ConsensusSystems ConsensusWhen multiple independent Saturday Racing engines (AI models, Sly Man, Mr Fox, market read) land on the same horse. Cross-system agreement is unusual and worth taking seriously.
The horses Saturday Racing's independent analytical engines all landed on. When four systems built on different signals agree, the market usually catches up quickly.
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3 SYSTEMS
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3 SYSTEMS
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3 SYSTEMS
AGREEStar Of State
1/514:15 Curragh- BALANCED LENS (AI CONSENSUS)
- MR FOX (PICK_WINNER)
- STEAMER BOARD
🏆 WON Won — Saturday Racing called itVerify
Market moves
The MoneyThe MoneyThe board’s view of the race — which horses the market is backing, which it’s abandoning, and by how much.
What the boards are telling us.
Steamers — sharp money coming inSteamerA horse whose odds have shortened significantly as the market backs it. Sharp money coming in.
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28/1 14/1 48%SHARP MONEYRace at 14:05 14:05 BathVerify
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28/1 16/1 41%SHARP MONEY6th Finished 6thVerify
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10/1 6/1 36%SHARP MONEY🏆 WON Won — Saturday Racing called itVerify
Drifters — sanity checkDrifterA horse whose odds have lengthened as the market cools on it. Sanity-check signal — sometimes right, sometimes wrong.
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11/1 25/1 117%MARKET COOLING13th Out of the frame
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6/1 14/1 114%MARKET COOLING8th Out of the frame
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8/1 18/1 111%MARKET COOLING🥉 3rd Placed third
Contextual edges
The Angles
The situational reads.
Trainer hot streak
14 days-
Charlie Appleby
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Charlie Clover
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Mark Usher
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Joseph G Murphy
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Archie Watson
Jockey upgrade
New pilot-
15/2 🏆 WON
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20/1 6th
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7/1 🏆 WON
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40/1 12th
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10/1 Race at 15:40
Course & distance
Specialist-
15/2 9th
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Race at 17:30
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8/1 6th
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14/1 17th
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Race at 17:30
Class dropper
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40/1 8th
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12/1 🥉 3rd
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Race at 17:30
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6/1 🥉 3rd
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11/4 9th