Charlie Appleby (racehorse trainer)

Charlie Appleby
Charlie Appleby
	Appleby in 2022
Occupation	Racehorse trainer
Born	July 5, 1975; Southampton, Hampshire, England
Major racing wins
	British Classic Races ; The Derby (2018, 2021); St Leger Stakes (2021); 2000 Guineas Stakes (2022, 2024); 1000 Guineas Stakes (2025); Breeders' Cup Races ; Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2017); Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (2013), (2018), (2021); Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (2022); Breeders' Cup Mile (2021), (2022), (2023); Breeders' Cup Turf (2021), (2022)
Racing awards
	TRC World Trainer (2021); British flat racing Champion Trainer (2021, 2022)

Last updated September 07, 2025

Charles Appleby (born 5 July 1975)^[1] is a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer who is employed by Godolphin and trains horses at their Moulton Paddocks stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.^[2] He is the World Trainer of 2021 in the TRC Global Rankings and the British flat racing Champion Trainer in the 2021, 2022 season.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Major wins

Great Britain

1000 Guineas - (1) - Desert Flower (2025)
2000 Guineas Stakes - (3) - Coroebus (2022), Notable Speech (2024), Ruling Court (2025)
British Champions Sprint Stakes - (1) - Creative Force (2021)
Coronation Cup - (1) - Ghaiyyath (2020)
Dewhurst Stakes - (3) - Pinatubo (2019), Native Trail (2021), Shadow of Light (2024)
Platinum Jubilee Stakes / Diamond Jubilee Stakes - (2) - Blue Point (2019), Naval Crown (2022)
Eclipse Stakes - (2) - Hawkbill (2016), Ghaiyyath (2020)
The Derby - (2) - Masar (2018), Adayar (2021)
Falmouth Stakes - (1) - Cinderella's Dream (2025)
Fillies' Mile - (1) - Desert Flower (2024)
Futurity Trophy - (1) - Ancient Wisdom (2023)
International Stakes - (1) - Ghaiyyath (2020)
King's Stand Stakes - (2) - Blue Point (2018, 2019)
Middle Park Stakes - (2) - Charming Thought (2014), Shadow of Light (2024)
Nassau Stakes - (1) - Wild Illusion (2018)
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - (1) - Adayar (2021)
Lockinge Stakes - (1) - Modern Games (2023)
St James's Palace Stakes - (1) - Coroebus (2022)
St Leger Stakes - (1) - Hurricane Lane (2021)
Sussex Stakes - (1) - Notable Speech (2024)

France

Grand Prix de Paris - (1) - Hurricane Lane (2021)
Poule d'Essai des Poulains - (1) - Modern Games (2022)
Prix de la Forêt - (1) - Space Blues (2021)
Prix de l'Opéra - (1) - Wild Illusion (2018)
Prix Jean Prat - (1) - Pinatubo (2020)
Prix Marcel Boussac - (2) - Wuheida (2016), Wild Illusion (2017)
Prix Maurice de Gheest- (1) - Space Blues (2020)
Prix Saint-Alary - (1) - Sobetsu (2017)

Germany

Grosser Preis von Baden - (2) - Ghaiyyath (2019), Barney Roy (2020)
Bayerisches Zuchtrennen - (2) - Barney Roy (2020), Nations Pride (2023)
Grosser Preis von Berlin - (2) - Rebel's Romance (2022, 2025)
Preis von Europa - (2) - Rebel's Romance (2022, 2024)

Ireland

Vincent O'Brien National Stakes - (3) - Quorto (2018), Pinatubo (2019), Native Trail (2021)
Irish Derby - (1) - Hurricane Lane (2021)
Irish 2,000 Guineas - (1) - Native Trail (2022)

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Sheema Classic – (3) – Hawkbill (2018), Old Persian (2019), Rebel's Romance (2024)
Al Quoz Sprint - (2) - Jungle Cat (2018), Blue Point (2019)

United States

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf - (1) - Wuheida (2017)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf - (3) - Outstrip (2013), Line of Duty (2018), Modern Games (2021)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint - (1) - Mischief Magic (2022)
Breeders' Cup Mile-(3)- Space Blues (2021), Modern Games (2022), Master of The Seas (2023)
Breeders' Cup Turf-(3)- Yibir (2021), Rebel's Romance (2022, 2024)
Diana Stakes - (1) - Althiqa (2021)
Just A Game Stakes - (1) - Althiqa (2021)
Belmont Oaks - (1) - Cinderella's Dream
Manhattan Stakes - (1) - Measured Time (2024)
Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes - (1) - Nations Pride (2022)

Australia

Melbourne Cup - (1) - Cross Counter (2018)
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes - (1) - Jungle Cat (2018)
Sydney Cup - (1) - Polarisation (2017)

Canada

Canadian International Stakes -(2) - Walton Street (2021), Nations Pride (2023)
Natalma Stakes - (2) - La Pelosa (2018), Wild Beauty (2021)
Northern Dancer Turf Stakes - (1) - Old Persian (2019)
Summer Stakes - (2)- Albahr (2021), Mysterious Night (2022)
Woodbine Mile - (2) - Modern Games (2022), Master of the Seas (2023)

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup - (1) - Rebel's Romance (2024)

References

↑ "Charlie Appleby Granted Licence To Train For Godolphin". Godolphin. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
↑ Greg Wood (10 October 2014). "Charlie Appleby and Godolphin seek a better future at Moulton Paddocks". The Guardian.
↑ "World trainer of 2021: Charlie Appleby has been simply sensational". TRC. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
↑ Burn, James (6 December 2021). "'King George win the most satisfying' - Charlie Appleby crowned champion trainer". Racing Post. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
↑ "'Charlie Appleby crowned Champion Flat Trainer'".

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[1] "Charlie Appleby Granted Licence To Train For Godolphin". Godolphin. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[2] Greg Wood (10 October 2014). "Charlie Appleby and Godolphin seek a better future at Moulton Paddocks". The Guardian.

[3] "World trainer of 2021: Charlie Appleby has been simply sensational". TRC. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[4] Burn, James (6 December 2021). "'King George win the most satisfying' - Charlie Appleby crowned champion trainer". Racing Post. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[5] "'Charlie Appleby crowned Champion Flat Trainer'".

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