NEWS
THE LATEST NEWS FROM APPLETREE STUD FARM
Havana Grey Filly For Lola Paige 20/04/26
A Havana Grey filly arrived this morning for Lola Paige. She is the fifth foal for the mare who has started well with her breeding career as her Too Darn Hot 25 filly made 600,000gns in the sales ring. Lola Paige also has a smart 2yo Too Darn Hot filly in training with Roger Varian.
Baeed x Inchicore Filly 07/04/26
Inchicore delivered a Baaeed filly foal at 10.30 pm this evening. She is Inchicore's second foal as she also has a Pinatubo yearling colt hear at the farm. Mother and baby are doing great, we look forward to seeing the filly grow.
Ascot Win For King Al 29/03/26
King Al produced a fine solid performance at Ascot today winning the Sodexo Live! Juvenile Handicap Hurdle by a neck from Mojito Des Mottes. He made virtually all but for being headed between the last 2 and battling back from the last to record his second win over hurdles. King Al was given a great ride by the in form Tom Bellamy and its seems that Kingy was right about the horse wanting decent ground. King Al had won on heavy on the flat and recorded a soft ground win at Ludlow before today however Alan has always maintained the horse wants good ground. King Al will now have a couple of outings on the flat before a well earned summer break.
First New Arrival At AppleTree 04/03/26
We welcome our first arrival of the 2026 breeding season at 3am this morning. Heavenly Breath (Dark Angel x Astonishing) delivered a fine Too Darn Hot Colt. The little fella was very uncomplicated with a text book birth, he stood within an hour and was quick to suckle from mother. He is Heavenly's second foal having a Sea The Stars yearling already here on the farm.
A Welcome Winter Winner 04/02/26
King Al opened his account over hurdles today at Ludlow by winning the Racing To Schools Juvenile Hurdle by a neck form Talakan. Alan had slight concerns about the ground but after Tom Bellamy had walked the track the decision was made to run. On paper there was little pace in the race so we decided to pop King Al out in front while also looking for better ground where Tom could find it. The plan worked out well gaining a relative easy lead allowing Tom and King Al to dictate the race before scoring by a neck. The result was a welcome winner as we have had a quiet winter on the runners front, I think King Al is still immature but has the size to make up in to a nice chaser in time, we will let him tell us what is the right route to take with him and give him some time to make up with probably one more run before the end of the season and a break.
Another AppleTree Bed Winner And A Group 3 Too Boot 02/11/25
AppleTree have added another home bred winner to our tally today with DR OMRAN winning the Group 3 Premio Guido E Alessandro Berardelli over 1m 1f at CAPANNELLE (ITY). The result is particularly sweet as he is a stakes winner too. We sold the Palace Pier Colt at Goffs UK Premier yearling sale last summer and this result makes AppleTrees statistics look good as well. We are now 20 AppleTree bred winners from 28 runners with 6 of these horses being black type performers. The winners also give us comfort that the farm is producing nice stock and will help future clients have confidence in the horses we offer at sales. DR OMRAN is out of AppleTrees foundation mare ASTONISHING making her 6 winners from 7 foals of racing age and we have retained 2 half sisters, Heavenly Breath (Dark Angel X Astonishing) a Group and Listed place mare with a cracking Sea The Stars foal on the ground, she is in foal to the excellent Too Darn Hot and RUMBA NUMBA (Too Darn Hot x Astonishing) an 85 rated winning filly in training with Roger Varian she looks likely to gain black type next season.