Charlie Appleby

Godolphin homebred Maho Bay (Dubawi) had finished off the board in two black-type starts since joining the list of TDN Rising Stars at Newmarket in April and made the leap forward to secure a career best in Monday's G3 Weatherbys Global Stallions App Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor. "I thought he did well there, I liked what he did and he's going to be a lovely horse for next year," said William Buick. "We probably should have made the running at [Royal] Ascot [in the G3 Hampton Court], but I...

Godolphin's 1-million guineas Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate First Law (Too Darn Hot), a G1 Dewhurst entry, backed up a debut victory at Sandown last month with a black-type breakthrough in Saturday's Listed Betfair Celebrates Bow Echo Ascendant Stakes at Haydock. Too Darn Hot also struck with Bangkok Hottie in Australia's G2 Furious Stakes earlier in the day. "He is in the [G1] Dewhurst and the [G2] Royal Lodge, but possibly something like the [G3] Autumn Stakes over a mile at Newmarket would suit," said William Buick. "That is a...

Eye-popping purses at Kentucky Downs attract attention for seven days of racing from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, but more turf champions have been made on the aptly named Turf Champions Day on Sept. 12 at Woodbine's European-style E. P. Taylor Turf Course, arguably the finest turf course in North America. Only three tracks in the world host four or more Breeders' Cup Challenge Series races on a single day: Longchamp, in Paris; Meydan, in Dubai; and Woodbine, in Toronto, which holds Turf Champions Day on Saturday, Sept. 12. The...

Heading to Saturday's G1 Sky Bet City Of York Stakes with little to prove, Godolphin's Notable Speech (Dubawi) added another string to his bow with a sixth top-level triumph tackling this seven-furlong trip for the first time. Always comfortable tracking his target Marvelman (Invincible Spirit) under William Buick, the 9-4 favourite swooped approaching the furlong pole and drew away impressively to score by 2 3/4 lengths from Lake Forest (No Nay Never), who denied Marvelman by a short head. "He's come into his own over the last couple of weeks," Charlie...

Only three lined up for Newmarket's mile novice on Saturday, but at the line it was a one-horse race as Godolphin's Bin Jahwar (Ghaiyyath) dominated to become a TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard. Sent straight to the front by Billy Loughnane, the Charlie Appleby-trained 1-3 favourite was in command at every step and drew away in his sire's own relentless fashion to record a bloodless 8 1/2-length success. The Gosdens' Waaqed (Frankel) was next in line, three lengths ahead of Al Qayed (Baaeed) from the William Haggas stable. "He was...

Godolphin's €700,000 Arqana August graduate Quest For Stars (Sea The Stars) backed up victories at Doncaster and Sandown last month and provided Charlie Appleby with a fourth renewal of Wednesday's Listed British Stallion Studs EBF Stonehenge Stakes when digging deep at the business end of the one-mile Salisbury feature. He also becomes a breakthrough stakes winner for rider Connor Planas. "He was an outsider when he broke his maiden and followed it up at Sandown and he's gone and done the same again," said Charlie Appleby. "He's not a horse...

Reappearing from a break after placing in two Guineas in the spring, Godolphin's Distant Storm (Night Of Thunder) regained the winning thread in Sunday's G3 Prix Daphnis at Deauville. Third in the Newmarket Classic and runner-up in the Irish equivalent, the 3-5 favourite was anchored in mid-division throughout the early stages of the mile contest by Billy Loughnane. Working to get to the outsider Grand Son Of Dark (Dark Angel) inside the last 50 metres, he prevailed by a length with Segall (Sottsass) 3 1/2 lengths away in third. "I...

Bettors suspected something was afoot and hammered the Godolphin homebred Desert Castle (Frankel) into 1-2 favouritism for Friday evening's Zyn Frontrunner EBF Newcomers' Confined Maiden Stakes at Newmarket, and the imposing bay duly delivered in eyecatching fashion to earn a TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard, on debut. "He's a very nice horse, I have been lucky to sit on him a bit at home and I really liked him coming into today, said Billy Loughnane of the sire's 51st Rising Star. "He did everything right, but he had a...

The second million guineas purchase to run on Thursday evening, Godolphin's First Law (Too Darn Hot) followed Wall Street's earlier example and duly delivered on debut at Sandown. Making heavy weather of landing odds of 8-11 under Connor Planas, the Tattersalls October Book 1 sensation who is a half-brother to the Moyglare heroine Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy) eventually got to main market rival Flight Tracker (Sea The Stars) in the closing stages and beat that full-brother to the Sandown Classic Trial runner-up Macduff by a head. This is the mile maiden that...

Kempton's first division of the two 11-furlong novices on Wednesday evening was a long way from a strong contest, but it witnessed a rare sight as Rebel's Romance's brother Fortitudine (Dubawi) powered to a 21-length debut success. Already gelded, Godolphin's newcomer was sent off the 7-2 second favourite and broke alertly to lead. Dominating throughout, the newcomer kept piling it on up the straight to register the emphatic success. Jockey James Doyle was among those taken aback by such a dynamic display on debut. "I think everyone has been a...

Godolphin homebred Pacific Avenue (Dubawi {Ire}) sustained an injury to his right foreleg on Wednesday morning during routine exercise for trainer Charlie Appleby at Saratoga Race Course and has been scratched from Saturday's GI Saratoga Derby, according to a press release on Wednesday from the track. "Yes, it's a shame from this morning," Appleby said. "He was finishing up a routine exercise there and just when he came back to the barn, the team didn't like how he was cooling out. The vet team was there, and he went under...

The G1 City Of York Stakes could be the next port of call for leading older miler Notable Speech (Dubawi), with trainer Charlie Appleby revealing that an appearance at York's Ebor Festival is currently preferred to a return to Deauville for the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois. The son of Dubawi showed that he retains all of his ability at the age of five when winning May's G1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, before failing to meet expectations at Royal Ascot for the third consecutive year when last seen finishing sixth...