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THE LATEST NEWS FROM APPLETREE STUD FARM
Stradivarius Lands At AppleTree 20/03/24
Our first Stradivarius foal landed at AppleTree, a filly was born to Sleepless (Shalaa x Sleepless) at 10pm. She is the 3rd foal out of our home bred mare who is yet to have a runner but her first foal is now a 2yo and is in training with Karl Burke so has every chance. We are delighted to support Stradivarius as he was such a champion and are sending another mare to him this season. I see the stallion as great value and very exciting how many prolific group 1 winners can you get a cover for for £10,000. There are also the breeder incentives being given by Bjorn Nielsen which is extraordinary. We Look forward to our filly hitting the track.
Ghayyath x Midnight Thoughts 10/03/24
Another new foal was born this Sunday Night, a strapping Colt by Ghaiyyath out of AppleTree mare Midnight Thoughts. The colt foal weighed in at 67kg, he is 7th foal from the mare. Midnight had a very good start to here broodmare career with the first 3 foals all winners, the best being Tomorrows Dream rated 98 and and stakes placed. It's fair to say Midnight has been a little disappointing since but there is hope as she has a 2yo Pinatubo colt in training with Roger Varian and her latest edition looks to have plenty of scope.
A New Too Darn Hot Filly Has Arrived 04/03/24
Lola Paige (Galileo x Timbuktu) produce a very sweet Too Darn Hot filly 04/05/24. Our new filly arrived at the very civilized hour of 8pm which was nice, she weighed in at 57kg so is a good size. She is the 3rd foal from Lola, the first being a Sea The Moon 2yo colt in training with A King and we have a full yearling sister here at the stud.
Never Better Brings Up A Welcome Winner For AppleTree 02/03/24
Never Better (No Nay Never x Just Gorgeous) was a welcome winner for AppleTree stud on Saturday night at Kempton park after a run of 2nds lately. Never Better won the Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Novice Stakes over 7 furlongs on his second start. Bought at Arqana last spring he has been a slow burner but looks worth the wait, Never Better was on the right side of a photo finish when beating Asinara by a short head under a strong ride from Jack Mitchel. Trained by Roger Varian, he is a big roar colt and looks sure to improve with time and should get further.
First New Arrival At AppleTree 2024
ROBERT (CHOC) THORNTON Racing/Stud manager First New Arrival At AppleTree 2024 Fearns Pippin delivered a strapping colt by Moohather last night (27/01/24). The Moohather progeny were received very well at past sales so are new addition is an exciting prospect. He weighed in at 60kg which is a [...]
Successful Foal Sale With Pinatubo x Her Terms 01/12/23
AppleTree had one offering at this years Tattersalls foal sale, a smart racey filly by Pinatubo out of Her Terms. Ginny as she is know to us was a neat filly with a great outlook. She took the sale very well having in total 170 views including second looks, she showed with a great attitude and was as good in her first show as she was in her last. the final result was a very pleasing 55,000gns being Knocked down to Goodwill Bloodstock. AppleTree would like to thank all that viewed our filly and wish the new owners the very best of luck.