Adam's Apple (1924 – 1946) was a British

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best known for winning a British Classic, the

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Background

Adam's Apple was sired by

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, the 1915

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champion. His dam Mount Whistle was a daughter of the

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winner William the Third.

Racing career

At age two, Adam's Apple won the Soltykoff Stakes at

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. He ran third in the 1926

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at Newmarket Racecourse and third again in the

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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

, defeating runner-up Call Boy (later The Derby winner), with

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third.

Stud record

After his retirement from racing, Adam's Apple was sold to

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.Pryor, Peter, ''The Classic Connection'', Cortney Publications, Luton, 1979. (The National Horseracing Museum states that he was exported to Australia, which is incorrect.) There he met with some success, siring the

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Chimentera, winner of the Las Oaks at Santiago Chile's

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, 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

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racetrack at Vina del Mar, Chile. Adam's Apple died in 1946 at the Ojo de Agua stud in Argentina.

Notes

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