Cleeve members selections – Saturday 29th January

Good morning everybody, we had one selection yesterday and here is a short review. Gazette Bourgeoise chased the leaders early on and went into 2nd with a circuit to go, she looked a little one paced but ran on well for 2nd. The winner Risk and Roll won easily at 33/1 and I think you…

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Ratings musing – Saturday 29th January

Hie everyone, today was a perfect example of why I don’t back short-priced horses even when they are at the top of the ratings. Fanambule Sivola did win by gamely hanging on from second-rated Before Midnight but the other two short-priced top-rated were both disappointing with White Pepper just not good enough on the day…

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Cleeve members selections – Friday 28th January

Good Morning everybody, we had one selection Tuesday. Waikiki Waves raced in rear and did not jump the first couple of fences well, he never travelled and was continuously cajoled along, he ran on when the race was over to finish 4th. I think the horse has become stubborn and only now runs well when…

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Ratings musings – Friday 28th January

Hi everyone, there are 4 Class2+ races today at Doncaster and Huntingdon and having studied the races I won’t be having a bet today. Just for your info see below why. 1.15 Doncaster Top rated Funambule Sivola – 66 Before Midnight – 60 The Big Bite –  55 Funambule Sivola will be suited by the…

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Festival Notebook – 3 dark horses?

L’Homme Presse came home by 10 widening lengths from The Glancing Queen on New Years Day at Cheltenham. He is being touted for the Cheltenham Festival in March, so what of his chances? He beat a very likeable mare in The Glancing Queen who herself did nothing wrong, jumping well and travelling equally as well…

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Cleeve members selections – Tuesday 25th January

Good Morning everybody, we ended up with just one selection on Sunday after Dashel Drasher was extremely well backed into a price where we did not want to get involved. Smooth Stepper who had shown some promise of returning to form prior to this race drifted right out to 33/1 and in all honesty, ran…

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Ratings musings – Sunday 23rd January

Hi everyone, Having looked at the card at Lingfield for today there are some very small fields and there is nothing I feel worthy of having a strong opinion. I think top rated Dashel Drasher in the 3.00 has a decent chance but I am obviously not alone and he has been heavily backed overnight…

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Cleeve members selections – Sunday 23rd January

Good morning everybody, we had four selections on Saturday and here is a short review. Stellar Magic made a serious error at the 2nd flight and never looked comfortable after that, eventually being pulled up before 2 out. Western Victory went off far too quickly and paid the price before 3 out and once headed…

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Cleeve members selections – Saturday 22nd January

Good morning everybody, we had three selections yesterday and here are my thoughts. Legends Ryde did not jump well and was in trouble quite far out and faded into a well beaten 5th. This was very disappointing given that Fantastikas who like Legends Ryde also ran behind L’Homme Presse won later on the card. Cedar…

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Class 2+ Ratings Musings – Saturday 22nd January

Hi everyone, We have had a mare of a time recently with the Ratings Software. Our back-office system is working fine so we still publish all the Class2+ ratings but we wanted to give something extra due to the ratings issues. This is the first post in a new element to the service we are…

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