Archive for September 2016
Cleeve members selections – 1st October
Hi everyone, Both todays selections failed to deliver. Kadrizi was heavily backed all the way into 6/1 (advised at 11/1) so obviously there was plenty of confidence from connections. He ran OK but edged right when asked to go on by Robert Winston and stayed on over the final furlong but was never going to…
Read MoreSomething for the weekend part 1 – the good, the bad and the ugly… and big race preview
The Good When it comes to racing there’s always a fairytale story around most big races and last Saturday’s Cambridgeshire was no exception as Spark Plug claimed victory in the nine furlong contest for long serving trainer Brian Meehan. The Meehan yard have had a very lacklustre season and the glory days that the stable have experienced…
Read MoreCleeve members selections – 30th September
Hi everyone, Wednesdays selection Fidaawy went off the 4/1F and at the two furlong marker seemed to travelling best of all heading the chasing pack behind Josephine Gordon on Beach Bar. But when asked to quicken by Dane O’Neill he just stayed on at the one pace and never got a blow in. Maybe he…
Read MoreCleeve member selections – Wednesday 28th September
Hi everyone, Unusually we have a selection on a Wednesday from the Class 2 at Salisbury. We are looking to get back on the winning trail after Saturday’s selections resulted in a small loss on the day. Our two against the field in the 31 runner Cambridgeshire both ran creditably but only managed mid division finishes. Judicial couldn’t go…
Read MoreSomething for the weekend part 2 – Notebook Horses
Johnny Barnes (4yo) – Trainer John Gosden Finishing 8th in Saturday’s showpiece The Ayr Gold Cup his chances were basically scuppered first by his draw in 18 which mean he had to track over losing position which meant he found traffic problems throughout the race. He was always travelling strongly for Robert Havlin and fairly rattled home…
Read MoreCleeve member selections – Saturday 24th September
Hi everyone, Today’s selection Promising Run didn’t exactly live up to her name. Surprisingly she seemed to get tapped for speed in the middle part of the race and when she got going it was basically all over but she finished strongest of all to get up for fourth so we were spot on to advise Betfred…
Read MoreSomething for the weekend part 1 – the good, the bad and the ugly…
The Good: “The Comeback Trail” As the nights draw in the racing world’s attention starts to turn away from the glitz and glamour of the flat season and focuses in on the gritty world of National Hunt racing. Two of the biggest names in the jumps racing sphere are jockey Barry Geraghty who is the principle…
Read MoreCleeve member selections – Friday 23rd September
Hi there, A tricky day’s racing in prospect tomorrow but it should hopefully give us a few pointers for Saturday. We looked at three races but have decided only to play in one, given the good form we are currently in I would rather protect profits and wait for better opportunities than play just for the sake of…
Read MoreSomething for the weekend part two – Notebook horses w/e 11th September
Dinkum Diamond – Trainer: Henry Candy – watch race video here Ran a really good race when third behind Can’ change It at Doncaster over one mile on Saturday where it looked as if the trip didn’t really suit. He was a bit keen in the first couple of furlongs but despite this travelled nicely into…
Read MoreCleeve member selections – Saturday 17th September
Hi everyone, Today was a bit of a weird one with all the overnight rain and many non-runners doe to the changing ground. We had 2 selections that survived and I thought New Caledonian ran a cracker in the conditions and would have gone very close to winning had the conditions been faster. Englishman ran poorly…
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