NEWS
NEWS & TIPS FROM APPLETREE STUD FARM
First New Arrival For AppleTree On Saturday 25/02/23
AppleTree welcomed our first new arrival of the season this evening at the civilized hour of 6.40pm, Lola Paige (Galileo x Timbuktu) delivered a pretty filly foal by Too Darn Hot. the filly weighed in at 56kg and is good and healthy. she is the second foal out of the mare, she has a Sea The Moon yearling colt on the ground already and Lola is visiting Too Darn Hot again this breeding season. fingers crossed for a bright future for mare and her off spring.
Tattersalls Foal Sale 2022
Tattersalls foal sale 2022 is upon us and AppleTree is delighted to have 2 quality offerings for Friday 25th of November, lots 865 and 866. First up is a fine colt by exciting first season sire Pinatubo out of AppleTree's Midnight Thoughts, he is a fine individual with potential and scope. Born in late March all he is going to do is improve. If you take a step back when viewing him, you can really see his frame and the horse he is going to be. He is a half to Listed and group place Tomorrow's Dream, his Kingman half-sister is in training with John and Thady Gosden and none of Midnight Thoughts offspring have had an RPR less than 90. I certainly recommend him as a future star. Next up lot 866 a Showcasing filly out of Her Terms, she is a real 2yo type and look precocious, she is all speed and the result of a cross that has had great success in the past (Showcasing x Pivotal damsire). Not only does she look an Ascot 2yo the page is developing all the time, Rainbow Sky out Best Terms won very well for Godolphin at Kempton last week. Be sure not to miss her as she is very fast.
Hit And A Miss At Tattersalls Book 2 12/10/22
After the explosive week at Book 1 Tattersalls October sales Book 2 seemed a little stickier. AppleTree offered 2 fillies, lot 1021 Dark Angel x Absolute Blast and lot 1276 Churchill x Fearns Pippin. First up was our Dark Angel filly, she was certainly popular with over 100 views during her time at park paddocks and a couple of vetting's but as she entered the ring it was clear that she had not made the final cut for many of the buyers lists. We bought her back for 95,000gns, the price wasn't quite enough for what I thought was a good-looking Racey filly. Dark Angel x Absolute Blast will go into training and run for AppleTree next season; she will be trained by Archie Watson. Next Up was 1276 Churchill x Fearns Pippin who was a bit of a surprise package, the filly had done nothing but improve in the run up to and during the sales. She moved well looked the part and vetted very well. Our Churchill filly seemed to gain more interest as the sale progressed, she behaved impeccably and was knocked down to Roger Varian for 120,000gns which was a fantastic result having been under bid by Charlie Hills and M.V Magnier. We were delighted with the result and also delighted that our filly will be trained by such a brilliant trainer, it's good for AppleTree and good for Fearns Pippin. Both fillies were an absolute credit to Jonny Sutton AppleTrees stud groom a great job well done.
Heavenly Breath gains Her First Black Type at Paris Longchamp 08/09/22
Heavenly Breath ( Dark Angel x Astonishing) gained her first black type this afternoon at Paris Longchamp by finishing 2nd in the Group 3 Prix d'Aumale over a mile. Heavenly Breath broke nicely and made most of the running before being eye balled turning in by the Gosden trained Liftoff, however AppleTree's filly put her head down and galloped all the way to the line to finish 2nd behind Blue Rose Cen beaten 1 1/2 lengths. It was only our fillies 3rd run and she showed signs of being green, she handled the soft ground well and will probably have 1 more run before being put away for a winter break. Heavenly Breath is the 3rd winner from 3 foals for her dam Astonishing and the third stakes performer which boads well for the mare. Astonishing has a beautiful Too Darn Hot filly at foot and is in foal to Palace Pier.
Heavenly Breath Breezes To Win At Kempton 10/08/22
Heavenly Breath (Dark Angel x Astonishing) 2yo filly opened her account at Kempton this afternoon when winning the Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes by 4 lengths from Liberty Mountain for Archie Watson under a lovely ride from Jim Crowley. She is a home bred filly out of AppleTrees mare Astonishing. Heavenly Breath is the third foal to reach the track and win making Astonishing 3 winners from 3 runners, her half brothers both achieved stakes form and it would be a dream to get some black type for our filly. Having said this we went to Kempton's all weather track as Archie Watson and I did not want to run the filly on rattling ground. We have time now so Archie will wait for the weather to break, we also think Heavenly Breath will be progressive as a 3yo.
Smooth Success For Lunar Shadow At Uttoxeter 13/07/22
Lunar Shadow (Sea The Moon x The Pirates Queen) made it 2 wind from 3 starts over hurdles with a smooth success in the Total Waste Management Mares' Novices' Hurdle over 2miles at Uttoxeter this afternoon, She settled well behind the leaders and jumped nicely showing no ill effect from her fall at Stratford on her previous start before coming away to win by 6 1/2 length from Betty's Banjo. AppleTree's filly may find life a little more difficult now under a double penalty, although we do have the option of a spin back on the flat. Hurdles can often sharpen a horse up and she looks an attractive proposition back on the level off her mark of 60. We will fiddle away through the rest of the summer before Lunar is retired to paddocks.