NEWS 

Her Terms (Pivotal x Best Terms) Delivered a good looking colt foal last night and we are delighted to report that mother and son are doing great. He arrived at 8.30pm which was very civilized of him. Although not the biggest which he is entitled to be as mum is petit everything is in the right place and he's healthy. He is particularly exciting being 3/4 in blood to the stakes performing filly Star Terms (Sea The Stars x Best Terms). Star Terms is a listed winner with Group 1,2 and 3 placings. Our colt foal is Her Terms second foal, her Filly yearling Dark Terms (Dark Angel x Her Terms) will hopefully carry the colors for AppleTree in 2021 as our intention is to retain her. Our policy at present is to run the filly's and sell the colts so it is likely that Sea The Stars x Her Terms will turn up at one of the prestige sales in the near future. For the mean time we look forward to watching him grow an mature.

Secret Advisor followed up his Listed win last night by winning Nad Al Sheba Trophy Sponsored By Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City-District One (Group 3) (Turf) over 1m 6f adding a very good update to Astonishing's pedigree. He is out of a full sister to Astonishing, Sub Rose and as previously discussed makes the mating between Astonishing and Too Darn Hot something to look forward too. There are sure to be plenty of updates coming through in the near future as we hope Secret Advisor is not done yet, Yes My Boy Astonishing's half brother won at Newcastle on 11th of February and looks set for Stakes races, also Astonishing's second foal Gold Maze (Golden Horn x Astonishing) already has black type and holds an entry in the 1m4f Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1) (Entire Colts & Fillies) (3yo) and Her exciting Showcasing colt is in training with Archie Watson and pleasing in his work.

Astonishing had her Dark Angel filly foal at 2.20 am Sunday morning. All is well with mare and foal, I'd go as far to say she is a cracker. The filly is the 4th foal out of Astonishing and first filly which is great news for us here at Appletree. Our filly is a half sister to Gold Maze and our exciting Showcasing colt in training with Archie Watson. The plan at present will be to retain her for her racing career and then have her back at Appletree as a broodmare.

Yes My Boy (Footstepsinthesand x Amazing Krisken), a 3yo half brother to our very own Astonishing won the Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Novice Stakes over a 1m last night at Newcastle adding another update to an already solid page. The race looked strong on paper but Yes My Boy dealt out 3/4 of a length beating to the John Gosden Trained Cemhaan with a further 1 1/2 lengths back to Charlie Appleby's 88 officially rated Dubawi Colt Discovery Island. Yes My Boy Broke well and travelled before pressing on from the furlong pole, staying on strongly to the line. He looks as if he will stay further and will be exciting to see what targets Archie Watson has for him. Astonishing is in foal to Dark Angel and over her due date so we are waiting with great anticipation to see what she delivers. She has on the ground the exciting 3yo Golden Horn colt Gold Maze with Jessica Harrington in Ireland who is already Group 2 placed and entered in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby. Astonishing also has a 2yo colt by Showcasing which I have always loved, he too is being trained in Lambourn by Archie Watson. We have booked Astonishing in to visit Too Darn Hot this season. The coming summer should hold some interesting updates and good results.

Secret Advisor (Dubawi x Sub Rose) gained more Black Type for the page of our very own mare Astonishing (Galileo x Amazing Krisken) last night in Meydan Dubai, winning the Meydan Cup Sponsored By P & O Marinas (Listed Handicap) (Turf) over a 1m6f. Secret Advisor is out of a full sister to Astonishing, Sub Rose. We look forward to seeing Secret Advisor having more opportunity add black type to the page through out the Dubai Carnival. Astonishing is in foal to Dark Angel, due this weekend and booked in to visit Too Darn Hot (Dubawi x Dar Rae Mi) 2020 breeding season which makes the result very exciting indeed as Dubawi x Galileo cross is proving lucrative.

Fearns Pippin Showcasing filly becomes the second new arrival for AppleTree Stud in 2020 born in the early hours of this morning 12.10am in IRE at Coolmore Stud. She is Fearns first foal and according to Coolmoore she's a "CRACKER" which is great news and Showcasing is a great stallion to send maiden mares to. We have supported Showcasing well since we set up and he never gives a bad foal. She weighs 46.72kg (103lb) and Fearns is reportedly the perfect mother. Fearns Pippin will be covered by Churchill before returning home. Pictures will be posted ASAP