In the curtailed 2019/2020 National Hunt season she failed to consistently reproduce her best form but recorded an eleventh Grade I success when she won the Christmas Hurdle for the third time.

[3] She was a distant female line descendant of the British broodmare Miss Wiss (foaled 1919) who was a full-sister to both Sunny Jane and Craig an Eran.

[4] On her racecourse debut Apple's Jade contested a hurdle race over 3300 metres on soft ground at Vichy on 5 May and won by five and a half lengths at odds of 21/1.

She took the lead approaching the penultimate flight of hurdles but was overtaken by the favourite Ivanovich Gorbatov in the last hundred yards and beaten into second place by one and a quarter lengths.

"[8] Twenty-three days after her win at Aintree Apple's Jade was matched against Ivanovich Gorbatov for a third time in the Champion Four Year Old Hurdle at Punchestown Racecourse.

"[10] For the next National Hunt season Apple's Jade was transferred to the stable of Gordon Elliott in County Meath after Gigginstown's owner Michael O'Leary had a disagreement with Mullins over training fees.

[11] On her first run for her new trainer, the mare started 1/2 favourite for the WKD Hurdle at Down Royal Racecourse on 4 November but after leading for most of the way she was overtaken in the closing stages and beaten into second place by Rashaan.

[11] Apple's Jade returned to all-female competition for the Quevega Mares Hurdle at Punchestown on 22 February but despite starting the 2/5 favourite she proved no match for the Mullins-trained Limini and was beaten two lengths into second place.

As in her previous start she rallied strongly on the run-in to regain the advantage and drew away in the closing stages to win by one and a half lengths with Limini a nose away in third.

She began her campaign in the Grade 2 Lismullen Hurdle at Navan Racecourse on 12 November and won comfortably by two lengths from her old rival Jer's Girl after leading from the start.

Kennedy sent the mare into the lead from the start and she increased her advantage over the last two hurdles to win by nine lengths from Nichols Canyon with the Coral Cup winner Supasundae in third.

"[19] On 28 December Apples Jade was stepped up in distance for the Irish Christmas Hurdle over three miles and started the 4/6 favourite in a six-runner field which included Nichols Canyon, Supasundae, Jezki and Augusta Kate.

With Davy Russell deputising for the injured Kennedy, the mare disputed the early lead before settling in second behind Supasundae and produced a strong late run to gain the advantage near the finish and win by half a length.

She was in contention from the start but after having every chance at the last hurdle she was unable to make progress on the heavy ground and was beaten into third place by Benie des Dieux (trained by Mullins) and the outsider Midnight Tour.

Kennedy sent her into the lead from the start and having been left with no serious challengers when her closest pursuer Faugheen fell at the second last she came home 26 lengths clear of the outsider Early Doors.

She made all the running, held a two-length advantage approaching the final flight and drew away on the run-in to win by a record margin[27] of sixteen lengths from Supasundae.

"[29] On 12 March at Cheltenham Apple's Jade started the 7/4 favourite in a ten-runner for the 2019 Champion Hurdle as she attempted to become the fourth mare (after African Sister, Dawn Run, Flakey Dove and Annie Power) to take the title.

After appearing to be going well in the first half of the race she began to struggle approaching the third last and faded to come home sixth of the seven finishers behind Espoir d'Allen, beaten almost 30 lengths by the winner.

The mare ended her season in the Punchestown Champion Hurdle over two miles on 3 May when she came home fifth behind Buveur d'Air, Supasundae, Wicklow Brave and Petit Mouchoir.

On her next appearance she made a bid to win the Hatton's Grace Hurdle for a record-breaking fourth time but despite briefly taking the lead at the third last she was soon overtaken and came home third behind Honeysuckle and Bacardys, beaten thirteen lengths by the winner.

[32] On 23 January at Gowran Park Apple's Jade contested the Grade 2 Galmoy Hurdle, a three-mile race which was run in thick fog making accurate reporting difficult.

At Cheltenham on 12 March the mare started at odds of 7/1 for the Stayer's Hurdle and led for most of the way before dropping from contention approaching the second last and finishing eighth behind the 50/1 outsider Lisnagar Oscar.