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.