Everyone loves a grey, so a share in Apache Eagle would be a perfect gift idea for a loved one.

We are delighted to welcome the four-year-old Apache Eagle to our team and this well-built gelding has plenty of undiscovered potential to unearth.

The grey is a son of the outstanding New Approach, a top-class juvenile and winner of the 2008 Epsom Derby and subsequent sire of the likes of Classic winners Dawn Approach, Masar, Talent and Mac Swiney.

On the female side, there is plenty to like on the page, with lots of success in both the flat and national hunt codes.

Apache Eagle is a half-brother to Mardoof, who has placed on the flat over staying distances before finishing on the podium over hurdles as well. Further back in the pedigree, all the way to the third dam, Infamy, a ton of winners can be found. The highest profile of them would be Rostropovich, a high-class dual-purpose horse. Having finished second in the Group Two Prix Chaudenay in 2000, he switched his attentions to hurdling, where he became a household name. Taking part in a Champion Hurdle and taking third in a Grade One at Punchestown, he was a very fun horse for connections.

Apache Eagle has raced just four times in his career, all of which came in 2024. Starting life in Ireland with the high-profile Joseph O’Brien stable, he showed minimal promise on track, finishing tailed off over a range of distances. Following his third run, he would jump over the Irish Sea and join up with Newmarket-based trained Michael Wigham, where he would be offered a little more to play with. Lining up at Chelmsford in October 2024, he wasn’t beaten far when finishing fifth over a mile and three-quarters, showing potential over staying trips.

Apache Eagle is fit and ready to return to action, this time in our grey and red silks. We hope to start on the flat to get his eye in, but with a high-class family of jumpers, it opens the door to a hurdling campaign in the future.

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