NEWS
THE LATEST NEWS FROM APPLETREE STUD FARM
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.
Decent Results At Tattersalls Book 2 & Book 3 Sales 17/10/25
AppleTree had a decent sales week this week at Tattersalls Book 2 & Book 3 sales. We went there with 4 offerings but wasn't sure what to expect after a very polarized sale the week before at Book 1. We started with Book 2 on Tuesday and first up was lot 541 Oasis Dream x Absolute Blast Filly. She is a nice filly out of group performing Absolute Blast who is 3 winners from 3 runners so there is plenty going on on the page. The filly was popular with plenty of viewings and went in to the ring with 4 vetting's so I was confident we would get her away and was happy to let the market decide her value. Oasis Dream Absolute Blast Filly ended up makin 75,000gns which was a good result with a profitable outcome. She is heading out to the USA being bought by Tropical Racing INC. Next was our flashy Newbay x Astonishing Colt lot 589, again he had plenty of viewings and was very busy although he let himself down in a couple of shows which was frustrating but also had the 4 vetting's going up to the ring. I was expecting around the 100,000gns mark so for him to push on to 140,000gns was a nice result. He was knocked down to Blandford Bloodstock and will go into training with James Horton. Not quite the fireworks of last year but solid I think is the right expression. On to Book 3 where we also had 2 offering. First into the ring was lot 1440 Mohaather x Fearns pippin Colt. He is a very strong good moving colt and to be honest was a yearling I loved all the way through his prep. However his sire is on the cold side and we as a team had to encourage people to look at him, once seen they liked what they saw. Interest did increase as his sale approached and he was very popular up at the ring. The Mohaather Colt was bought by Alex Elliot for 32,000gns in the end who is a good judge so I feel my thoughts about the colt were reinforced a little. I was however a little disappointed as I felt he deserved to make 40,000gns +. Last up was lot 1520 Gayyath x Midnight Thoughts Colt, a massive individual to say the least standing at 16'3 and possibly pushing 17h. He was always going to be tricky as I presume most viewers would be thinking he was too big. On the plus side for him all his siblings have been similar and they have all been race horses although needing time to grow into there frame. He was bought by Peter Whatley for 18,000gns. AppleTree Stud would like to thank everyone who came to view our yearlings, supported us in the sales ring and wish the very best of luck to all the purchasers.