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The Glancing Queen Reigns At Doncaster

Grade 2 winner The Glancing Queen (Ire) (Jeremy) (lot 210) topped the first day of the Goffs UK January Sale at Doncaster on Tuesday. Selling for £150,000 to Dahlbury, the Mill House Stud-consigned bay won the G2 Goffs Nickel Coin Bumper at Aintree's Grand National Festival.

Second on the buyers' sheets was Cap Soleil (Fr) (Kapgarde {Fr}) (lot 221), who is in foal to Crystal Ocean (GB) from Throckmorton Court Stud. Rathmore Stud snapped up the 9-year-old for £75,000.

A new record top price for a NH foal was set for the sale, when a Walk In The Park (Ire) half-brother (lot 25) to Grade 2 winner Nube Negra (Spa) (Dink {Fr}) made £75,000 to Gerry Aherne. The Alne Park Stud draftee is from the extended family of dual Australian group winner The Velvet King (Aus) (Universal Ruler {Aus}).

At the close of trade, 114 of 224 (51%) offered sold for a gross of £1,559,500. The average rose 22% to £13,680, but the median dropped slightly to £7,000 (-13%). The second and final session of the January Sale features horses-in-training and point-to-pointers and begins at 10 a.m. For more information, please visit the Goffs UK website.

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2023 Irish National Stud Course Begins With 27 Trainees

A total of 27 students arrived at the Irish National Stud to begin the 2023 Thoroughbred Breeding Management course earlier this week. The six-month course will participate in a wide variety of activities, practical training and lectures which will provide a solid foundation for their progression in the Thoroughbred industry.

Eight countries are represented, and the trainees are as follows: Sean Berns (Ireland), Ailish Sinnott (Ireland), Faustine Otero-Chinot (France), Orla Queally (Ireland), Annelie Rodde (Germany), Alice Jeffries (New Zealand), Georgina Macintyre (Australia), Morgan Wilks (New Zealand), Darcie Murray (Ireland), Emma Hunter (Ireland), Dayna Walsh (UK), Aoife Boland (Ireland), Hilda Ntlateng (South Africa), Julia Coenen (France), Maël Thilbault (France), Lachlan Bruce (Australia), Thomas Connolly (Ireland), Charles Shanahan (Ireland), William Macdonald (Australia), Scott Innes (Scotland), Jarrod Robinson (Australia), Gerrard Donworth (Ireland), Brian Banahan (USA), Ciaran Phelan (Ireland), Rory Woods (Ireland), Ciara Russell (Ireland), and Robert Acheson (Ireland).

Anne Channon, INS Education Manager, said, “We are delighted to have the global group of students join us at the Irish National Stud and I look forward to a long and productive season with them. I am confident that they will use this opportunity wisely to develop their knowledge and to further their careers in the industry.”

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Jim Boyle Joins Racing Foundation Board Of Trustees

Trainer and veterinarian Jim Boyle has been appointed to the Racing Foundation's Board of Trustees. He replaces now-retired trainer Mark Johnston.

A graduate of Bristol University in 1996, he later specialised in equine veterinary medicine, and has served as President of the National Trainers' Federation (NTF) between 2014 and 2016. Boyle joins Algy Smith-Maxwell, Alice Page, Linda Bowles, Louise Kemble and Susannah Gill on the Foundation's seven-strong Board of Trustees, which is chaired by Julia Budd.

Budd said, “We are delighted to welcome someone of Jim's calibre to the Racing Foundation's Board of Trustees.

“Jim's in-depth and practical equine veterinary knowledge combined with his vast experience as a trainer will offer a much-valued perspective to the Board who will greatly benefit from his expertise.

“I would like to extend my gratitude to Mark Johnson for his contribution to the Racing Foundation over the last six years. His knowledge, insights and advice have been generously given and enormously valued by us all.”

Boyle said, “I'm delighted to be joining the Racing Foundation as a Trustee, and hope to use my experience as both a vet and racehorse trainer to help contribute to the decision-making processes involved in the awarding of grants.

“These grants have the ability to make a real difference to the racing industry and by association the entire equine industry. I look forward to working with the rest of the Board to make sure the best possible use is made of the funding that is available.”

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Australian Finale For Anamoe Before Royal Ascot Attempt

Godolphin's decorated multiple Group 1 winner Anamoe (Aus) (Street Boss {Aus}) is aiming at the G2 Apollo S. at Randwick on Feb. 11 prior to the G1 Chipping Norton S. in his last Southern Hemisphere campaign prior to a crack at Royal Ascot, Racing.com reported on Tuesday.

“His ultimate goal this year would be to get to Royal Ascot and so his autumn would revolve around that,” Cummings told the publication. “We're looking at three to four runs in the autumn with him. We want to bring him over to Europe with plenty of residual fitness from his Australian campaign, we would like him to be full of stored energy by the time he gets there, so he can have his opportunity to produce his best run there.”

Last year's G1 Cox Plate S. hero is eyeing either the one-mile G1 Queen Anne S. or the 1 1/4-mile G1 Prince Of Wales's S. during the Royal meeting in June.

“He'd be more likely to run in a Queen Anne, but it wouldn't hurt to have him nominated in both races, just in case you'd bump into a Baaeed (GB), then you would avoid the Queen Anne and the Prince Of Wales's looks like the better option,” Cummings added.

“Having said that, both races are looking extremely strong this year and there's no hiding at Royal Ascot no matter where you run. He'd be a little foreign up the straight over a mile for the first time in his career, but if he's to win at Royal Ascot, then he's going to have to deal with a foreign challenge.

“I've considered running him in the [G1] Lockinge [S.] a month beforehand and I haven't completely given up on that, as it tends to be a clearly suitable lead-up to the Queen Anne but running him fresh off the plane has got its advantages too. I'd say the trip overseas would be the horse's swansong.

“He'll be ready to cover mares by the end of the year.”

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