AppleTree Studs Offerings At Book 2 & Book 3 08/10/25

Sales season is upon us again and seems to have come round very quickly. AppleTree have 4 offerings this year for Tattersalls yearling sale starting with 2 for Book 2 next week. First up is a stunning Oasis Dream filly lot 541 out of Absolute Blast, she is a full sister to a winner of 2 races Blast The Dream(RPR 84) who is still improving, she will win again before the end of the season and improve through her 4yo season. This  Yearling Filly looks a racehorse and would be a fine Broodmare prospect also. The dam Absolute Blast is 3 winners from 3 runners. Shortly afterwards we have lot 589 a racey Colt by New Bay out of Astonishing. He is a good moving individual and very neat. The Mare Astonishing hasn't missed in regards to her offspring there are group and listed performing half brothers along with Heavenly Breath a group 3 and listed placed Mare with her first foal on the ground a Colt by Sea The Stars. Lot 589 oozes quality and we would have high hopes for him. As soon as we finish Book 2 we are into Book 3 also with 2 offerings. Lot 1440 Mohaather  x Fearns Pippin Colt. This Colt is a very solid individual and just wants to please, he's took his prep very well and has done nothing but improve all the way through. I honestly had him down for a Book 2 candidate but book 3 is what Tatts offered so we find ourselves here. I hope he stands out in this sale. He is a half brother to Orchard Keeper who is rated 93 OR and 97 RPR she has finished 4th in a listed race and I hope at the time of the sale she has gained black type of some description as she runs in the Beckford Stakes at Bath tomorrow (09/10/25). AppleTrees last entry is lot 1520 Ghaiyyath x Midnight Thoughts Colt. This fella is a big scopey individual, Midnight Thoughts his Dam again has never missed being 5 winners from 6 runners. He is a half to Daydream Express a listed winning and group placed Mare, the only runner she has had not win is Katharla who finished second at Yarmouth on Monday (06/10/25) and is a winner in waiting. All of this family are guaranteed racehorses.

AppleTree Studs Offerings At Book 2 & Book 3 08/10/252025-10-08T10:36:12+01:00

King Al Out Battles Sir William Newbury 28/08/25

King Al (Al Kazeem x Rhossini) gave AppleTree a welcome winner at Newbury tonight out Battling Sir William to win the Highclere Castle Gin Handicap over a 1m2f. The result did make me smile because of the horses names, King Al trained by Alan King and the 2nd horse Sir William being trained by William Haggas, both horses had cleanly be named after there great trainers and even better men. We have waited a good while for this winner to come on account of the dry weather and the ground being so quick so the timing with the rain coming yesterday was perfect. I'm sure King Al can progress out the back of this race and with the continued ease in the ground. We have 3/4 horses in the exact  same position regarding the fast ground so I'm sure AppleTree will have a good autumn and finish to the season.

King Al Out Battles Sir William Newbury 28/08/252025-08-29T09:02:59+01:00

Absolute Star Opens Her Account Doncaster 04/07/25

Absolute Star (Dark Angel x Absolute Blast filly) opened her account this afternoon at Doncaster by winning the Weekend Winners On At The Races Handicap over 1m. The 4yo filly has been disappointing on the whole as I had high hope each time she has run. Her 3 Novice runs were all decent but since then she had been beset with niggling problems. However this time around she got a clean run into the race with regards training and won well in the end. Always in the right place she had a smooth run through the race before making slightly hard work of it, she won the race well in the end by 1 & 1/2 lengths from Cancan In The Rain. We will see what the handicapper does to her and let her progress through out the rest of the season. Lets hope Absolute Star can build on this as she is a filly I've always held in some regard. 

Absolute Star Opens Her Account Doncaster 04/07/252025-07-09T11:28:03+01:00

Rumba Numba Shows Her Potential At Wolverhampton 22/05/25

Rumba Numba (Too Darn Hot x Astonishing) home bred 3yo filly showed her potential this evening at Wolverhampton by winning the Visit wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk To Book Now Maiden Fillies' Stakes over 1m tonight by 1 1/4 length from the Gosden trained favorite Miss Justice. To be honest it was a relief after her disappointing run at Yarmouth the time before. She is a filly that we have have always loved, I adored her as a yearling at home, Malcolm Bastard liked her in pretraining and the reports have always been good from Roger Varian. Jack Mitchel gave her a supreme ride being sympathetic but keeping her in touch giving her every chance to be produced up the straight. I do hope there is more to come but she is one ear marked to come back to the stud for a second career as a broodmare once Roger has taken her as far as he can. 

Rumba Numba Shows Her Potential At Wolverhampton 22/05/252025-05-23T10:09:28+01:00

Another Winner Bred By AppleTree, Cheerleader Strikes At Redcar 19/05/24 Update 30/05/25

AppleTree had a good result yesterday as Cheerleader won the Join Racing TV Now Handicap over 5f  at Redcar today. The filly was bred by AppleTree Stud and is the first foal of home bred mare Sleepless (Shalaa x Midnight Thoughts) so its nice to get her of the mark. Cheerleader was sold at Tattersalls Sommerville sale to Karl Burk for 12,000gns but has since changed hands joining Tina Jackson and owned by racing personality Dereck Thompson. Sleepless has a Ardad 2yo filly coming through and a cracking Stradivarius yearling filly here at the stud. AppleTree would like to congratulate winning connections and widh them the very best of luck with the filly in the future, we will watch with interest.

Another Winner Bred By AppleTree, Cheerleader Strikes At Redcar 19/05/24 Update 30/05/252025-06-06T09:34:47+01:00

A Listed Winner In Germany Bred By AppleTree 20/04/25

DAYDREAM EXPRESS became a stakes winner bred by AppleTree Stud yesterday when she won the Siedler & Kowalski Malermeister GmbH Hoppegartener Stuten-Meile (Listed Race) at Hoppegarten in Germany this afternoon. DAYDREAM EXPRESS was sold at Book 2 in Tattersalls October sale 2021 for 300,000gns to Blandford Bloodstock and John Gosden, she did not quite scale the heights for the Gosden team and was offered for resale when sold out to Germany. The whole family have took time and she is realizing her potential having turned 5 this year, she is already a winner of 4 races before this success we hope there is more to come.

A Listed Winner In Germany Bred By AppleTree 20/04/252025-04-21T08:36:37+01:00

Stradivarius x Lola Paige born 10.30pm 17/04/25

Stradivarius x Lola Paige colt arrived at AppleTree at the not so unreasonable hour of 10.30pm. Lola Paige is the perfect mother and we have high hopes for her going forward. Her first foal Lola Moon ran last weekend at Newbury in a hot maiden finishing 5th only beaten 1 & 3/4 length. Lola Paige also has a Too Darn Hot 2yo filly in training with Ralph Beckett sold by AppleTree for 600,000gns last October and a another smart Too Darn Hot filly here at home. Cooper as the colt has been named will hopefully fly the flag for his brilliant sire. 

Stradivarius x Lola Paige born 10.30pm 17/04/252025-04-18T09:26:56+01:00

First New Arrival At Apple Tree For 2025 14/02/25

AppleTree Stud received the perfect Valentine gift this Friday when Heavenly Breath (Dark Angel X Astonishing) delivered a fine colt by Sea The Stars, he was born at 8.20pm 14/02/25. He is Heavenly Breaths first foal and seeing what she has produced suggest the future bodes well for her. Valentino was the stable name he has been given and we look forward to watching him grow and develop.

First New Arrival At Apple Tree For 2025 14/02/252025-02-18T08:57:53+00:00

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