Archive for October 2016
Excellent performance today from the Cleeve team.
First jumps winner and a notebook horse that popped up on my tracker, paid me a handsome 63/1 double! I thought Meandmyshadow was the wife lurking over my shoulder, but winning the 8.15 at Newcastle has now paid for my Christmas in the Cayman Islands. She’s happy, I’m happy, bookmaker not happy! Hope I don’t…
Read MoreFinal Furlong National Hunt preview and Novice Chasers, Hurdlers & Championship Horses To Follow
Hi everyone, we have two fantastic Podcasts for you courtesy of the boys at the Final Furlong in association with At at the Races. The first one hosted by Emmet Kennedy with contributions from Kevin Blake, Rory Delargy and Vanessa Ryle takes a look at the National Hunt season and the various championship divisions. The…
Read MoreCleeve member selections – Saturday 29th October
Hi everyone, A nice winner today with our first jumps selection as Indian Stream beat off Theatre Guide from the last. She got squeezed up quite badly 5 fences out but stayed on nicely to get back on terms. As we said in the post we thought Theatre Guide would try and go out and make…
Read MoreCleeve members selections – 28th October
Hi everyone, we have our first National Hunt selection tomorrow at Wetherby. We dont know about you but we are really excited that the Jumps is finally back. We will be launching the members only offer for the NH season very shortly and we would love to have you onboard again. We have made a…
Read MoreCleeve members selections – 22nd October
Hi everyone, no luck today as Johnny Barnes missed the break and was out the back and in a 6f race its hard to recover from that. He made steady progress in the first half of the race but Frankie didn’t seem to really push him too hard and was eased down in the later…
Read MoreCleeve members selections – 21st October
Hi everyone, we had mixed fortunes on Saturday with Almanzor doing the business even after not getting a clear run two out but when he was pulled out never looked in doubt and Found had to settle for 2nd again!! We were right to steer clear of Order of St George who looked vulnerable at such…
Read MoreSomething for the weekend part 2 – Cleeve Racing Notebook Horses
Ambitious Icarus (7yo) Trainer: Rae Guest A fifth placed finish of ten at Nottingham showed that this seven year old still retains a decent level of ability, especially considering he raced seven pounds out of the handicap. Caught for toe in the earlier stages of the race he started to pick rivals off one by one…
Read MoreCleeve members selections – 15th October
Hi everyone, we had a small loss on the day last Saturday. Probably the biggest disappointment was Johannes Vermeer who could only manage third and never really looked like winning. Golden Spear ran a cracker to clinch 5th close home and we definitely got the value at 25/1 with 5 places. Even though results overall didn’t…
Read MoreSomething for the weekend part 1 – The good, the bad and the ugly and Ascot Champions Day big race preview…
The Good… It was a fantastic start to the new jumps campaign for champion trainer Paul Nicholl who had no fewer than five winners at Chepstow over the weekend. We really liked the fact that a variety of jockeys were used and were able to make the most of their opportunities. Diego Du Charmil stayed on…
Read MoreSomething for the weekend part 2 – Cleeve Racing Notebook Horses w/e 2nd October
CITY CHIC – Trainer: Charlie Appleby This mile and a half contest was her seasonal debut and only her 4th start in all and she still looked plenty green. She missed the break to be last early and then was far to keen in behind, she eventually settled but jockey Martin Lane seemed to struggle with her…
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