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Cleeve ratings dutching results
Introduction Following on from our recent post about our Class 2+ ratings results, we have had a few emails from members asking if we had results from dutching the top 3 rated in each race as well. Dutching is the name for the betting technique of backing more than one outcome in the same race…
Read MoreCleeve ratings update
Introduction Over 10 years ago we developed an algorithm that assessed every runner and rated the race. This was designed to help our in-hose tipping team and played a major part in Cleeve becoming an award-winning tipping brand with 10 years of unbroken profit’ As part of the Cleeve service, we provide our members with…
Read MoreA look back at the Cheltenham Festival – Day Two
Hi again, we’re back with our review of day two of the festival and after leading the Prestbury Cup 2 – 1 after the first 3 races on day one it looked like we had done nothing but anger the Irish dragon and were on for an embarrassing drubbing as they took the last 4…
Read MoreA look back at the Cheltenham Festival – Day One
Hi there, Well the Festival finally rolled around last week and although horseracing fans couldn’t wait for the action to begin, but in the wider media, the fact that last year’s festival was mired in controversy and seen in plenty of quarters as a ‘super-spreader’ event that exacerbated the impact of the virus. Also, the…
Read MoreCleeve members post – our coverage for Cheltenham…
Hello everyone, We’ve had a couple of emails from members asking what is happening over Cheltenham week, as John’s tipping style with its focus on lower-class racing is obviously very different from Andrew’s and less suited to the graded race profile of the races at the Festival. Well, the good news is that we have…
Read MoreCleeve Racing’s Cheltenham Yankee – update re Gordon Elliott’s Abracadabras
Hi there, no doubt you are aware that there are a gazillion stories about Gordon Elliott at the moment and the fact that he can’t have runners at this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Chevely Park has already moved their horses and they will line up… but for Henry de Bromhead and Willie Mullins. He has also…
Read MoreCleeve monthly performance – January 2021
Hi there, Welcome to the first of Cleeve’s monthly performance reports of 2021. Firstly, I’d like to congratulate everyone who was onboard especially our new members who have turned a profit straight away. Longer-term members will know it was a bit of a struggle for us in 2020 and significant changes were made to the…
Read MoreRace Ratings Matter
Where did Cleeve Racing’s ratings algorithm come from…? Cleeve’s rating algorithm is an advanced and automatic calculation that was developed and been refined over the past ten years. The purpose was to create a race rating system that our in-house tipping team could trust and benefit from in terms of being able to assess the…
Read MoreMeet John… Cleeve Racing’s new Head Tipster – part 2
Hi there, in the second of this two-parter John gives you some background on his betting ‘style’ from the perspective of selection strategy, staking and betting banks. This gives you an insight into the bets that I recommend to members. I generally prefer to stake 1 point to win or 0.5 points each way and…
Read MoreMeet John… Cleeve Racing’s new Head Tipster – part 1
Hi there, we want to wish you all a much better 2021 that improves significantly on the last 9 months and gives us all some light at the end of the tunnel! With December drawing to an end and 2020 finally consigned to the bin, we wanted to have a look at how our new…
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