Archive for August 2016
Cleeve member selections – Thursday 1st September
Hi everyone, We kick off the first of the the month with a couple of selections from Salisbury and Haydock. We have not particularly had the rub of the green in August with numerous selections being beaten in photo finishes, as was the case again on Monday with Knight Owl. There’s a fine line in this game between…
Read MoreCleeve member selections – Monday 29th August
Hi everyone, We hope you are enjoying the Bank Holiday and it looks like the weather will hold up for change. We had a lacklustre Saturday which started off well with Willytheconqueror just missing out in a photo finish after the race went almost exactly as we called it, but the daywent downhill from there. I…
Read MoreCleeve member selections – Saturday 27th August
Hi everyone, We had a day of mixed fortunes last Saturday, but were close to having a bumper day with Yorker running a blinder to finish second after being off the track for 800 days. Before that Dark Red looked very much the winner 2 1/2 furlongs out but was beaten into second by Scarlet Dragon…
Read MoreThe Final Furlong Podcast – How to make your betting pay
Hi there, The boys at the Final Furlong podcast have once again produced both a very informative and in parts hilarious podcast in which they talk to three professional gamblers about the differences in their personal approach to betting and what they see as the critical factors to making it pay. They talk at length…
Read MoreCleeve weekly racing review – w/e 21st August
Hi there, Now that the dust has settled on a fantastic week of action at York’s Ebor meeting we take the chance to look back at the best of the action… and also take a quick look ahead to this weekend’s showpiece race… The Good For this weeks good news story we have to head over to…
Read MoreHorses to follow – w/e 21st August
Cadeau Magnifique (4-Y-O) – Trainer: R. Fahey His last run at Hamilton in which he only finished fifth despite being well fancied in the betting saw him travelling kindly for Andrew McNamara like the likely winner up on the outside, but didn’t find much when push came to shove and his jockey wasn’t too hard on him once…
Read MoreCleeve Racing – Weekly Review
Hi there, Last week saw plenty of big stories with Richard Fahey grabbing a high profile Group 1 win with Ribchester in France and another Godolphin runner in the form of Richard Pankhurst scooping the big race in the UK beating Home Of The Brave, However the main headlines were off the track with a…
Read MoreCleeve member selections – Ebor Festival day 4
Hi everyone, A profitable day with 2 winners putting us up 8.5 points on the day which puts back in front for the meeting. As I said in the intro last night we have been in the same situation many times and we always turn things around (well almost always!). It was great to a get a winner…
Read MoreCleeve members selections – York day 3
Hi everyone, A frustrating day today with 2 losers and an EW placed but we didn’t have enough confidence to put up Seventh Heaven in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks, and the tendency for Found to finish second was confirmed although AP O’Brien has said she will be better in the autumn. So we move into…
Read More3 Horses to follow – w/e 14th August
Rex Imperator (7-y-o) – Trainer: David O’Meara After a trio of third placed finishes the horse looks primed and ready to bag a race sooner rather than later. He put in a decent effort on his last start at Ripon when going off as favourite, he flew home when finally finding space and with a few more…
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