Adam's Apple (horse)

Adam's Apple
Adam's Apple
	J. Leach pats Adam's Apple after the 2000 Guineas. Applecross is in background.
Sire	Pommern
Grandsire	Polymelus
Dam	Mount Whistle
Damsire	William the Third
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1924
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Mrs Clarissa Sofer Whitburn
Owner	Charles W. S. Whitburn
Trainer	Harry L. Cottrill
Record	7-2-0-2
Major wins
	Soltykoff Stakes (1926); British Classic Race wins:; 2000 Guineas Stakes (1927)
	Last updated on 25 June 2011

Adam's Apple (1924 – 1946) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning a British Classic, the 2000 Guineas Stakes.^[1]

Background

Adam's Apple was sired by Pommern, the 1915 English Triple Crown champion. His dam Mount Whistle was a daughter of the Ascot Gold Cup winner William the Third.

Racing career

At age two, Adam's Apple won the Soltykoff Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse.^[2] He ran third in the 1926 Criterion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse and third again in the New Stakes at Ascot Racecourse behind Sickle and the winner, Damon. He made four starts as a three-year-old, finishing off the board in three; however, he was ridden to victory by jockey Jack Leach in the 1927 2000 Guineas Stakes, defeating runner-up Call Boy (later The Derby winner), with Sickle third.^[3]

Stud record

After his retirement from racing, Adam's Apple was sold to Argentine breeders.^[4] There he met with some success, siring the filly Chimentera, winner of the Las Oaks at Club Hipico de Santiago in Santiago, Chile, and the very good filly La Bastille, likewise a winner of the Oaks but who also defeated her male counterparts in winning the El Derby at the Valparaiso Sporting Club racetrack at Vina del Mar, Chile.^[5] Adam's Apple died in 1946 at Haras Ojo de Agua in Argentina.^[6]

Notes

^ List of 2000 Guineas winners Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-06-25.
^ Adam's Apple's family Retrieved 2011-06-25.
^ National Horseracing Museum (which erroneously states that Adam's Apple was exported to Australia) Retrieved 2011-06-25.
^ Pryor, Peter, The Classic Connection, Cortney Publications, Luton, 1979. (The National Horseracing Museum states that he was exported to Australia, which is incorrect.)
^ Adam's Apple's offspring (nearly all Argentine, not Australian) Retrieved 2011-06-25.
^ Staff (11 Apr 1946). "Racing sire mourned". The Kingston Daily Freeman. No. page 9.