Apple's Angel

Apple's Angel does most of its racing at the lower end of the sport's class structure — Class 6, which is essentially the entry level of competitive racing in Britain. Even there, it has won 2 from 14 races at that level, a win rate of about 14%, or 1 in every 7. The horse's first career win came at Chelmsford on 31 October 2024, and its most recent at Lingfield Park on 18 June 2025, now 13 months ago. The gap between that Lingfield win and today is the most pressing concern: 6 races without a win, with finishes of 6-4-8-9-7-6, suggesting something is not quite clicking at the moment.

The most recent of those came just yesterday, so Apple's Angel is very much in active training and racing. Jim Boyle, who trains the horse from his yard in Epsom, Surrey, has sent out 25 winners this season — a healthy return that shows the operation is in decent form overall. The question is simply whether Apple's Angel can find its way back to the front. Luke Morris, who rides the horse most often, has partnered it to 1 win from their 6 races together — a win rate of 17%, or roughly 1 in 6, which is actually a fraction better than the horse's overall career figure.

At four years old, Apple's Angel still has time to add to its tally. But the current run of six races without success is the kind of sequence that asks questions of horse and trainer alike. The talent is clearly there — three wins and seven places across a career do not happen by accident — but right now the horse is finding it hard to put everything together on race day.