The Leader Newspaper
By Andrew Atkinson
Michael O’Leary has sold mare Apple’s Jade for â¬530,000 to trainer Gordon Elliott on behalf of Noel and Valerie Moran’s Bective Stud.
Grade 1 winner on 11 occasions Apple’s Jade was sold by O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud at Goffs December National Hunt sale.
One of the most prolific hurdlers, Apple’s Jade retired after running at the 2020 Cheltenham Festival in March and is now in foal to top national hunt sire Walk In The Park.
Having joined trainer Willie Mullins yard in 2015 after being sold following one run in France, Apple’s Jade was moved to Elliott’s stable, after O’Leary took his horses off the Carlow handler due to a reported disagreement over training fees.