Charlie Appleby

Leopardstown Sat, 12th Sep, 2026  Arabian Crown James knows the horse well enough, he rode him a bit of work last week. He went out to go and make it at Newmarket and only one horse got past him and that, needless to say, was Rebel’s Romance. He didn’t lose too much in defeat that day. He came here fresh, well, and I thought he looked great. James has gone out and just got on with the job, basically. He saw it well and it was great ride. James is a world class jockey and he knows what fractions he was doing. All I was thinking to myself was ‘I wonder when he’s going to get a breather in’ because I don’t really know the track very well, thankfully he does. He did have a bit to find but he just got a great ride. When you get the fractions right on the front end, with a horse that has half an engine, you have a great chance. They’ll all come back up the middle of the track, so whether the boys think there is better ground up there I don’t know but it’s worked for us anyway.

Thu, 10th Sep, 2026  Musical Times I don't see why she shouldn't be a Guineas filly. We won this a couple of years ago with Desert Flower, who went on to win the Guineas. Funnily enough I see this filly as more of a Guineas filly than Desert Flower, who was a big and scopey and unfortunately didn't quite win the Oaks.

Fri, 21st Aug, 2026  Notable Speech Notable Speech heads to York in great shape. I would rather be drawn in stall one than out wide, while dropping back to seven furlongs doesn’t worry me at all.