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Two Breeze Ups And Online Bidding To Boost Inglis Sale

5th Aug 2008

Vendors will be given every opportunity to sell their horses at this year’s Inglis 2 & 3yo Breeze Up Sale to be held during the Melbourne Spring Carnival on Sunday October 26.

Inglis will be targeting local, interstate and international buyers to attend the sale which will have a new and innovative format this year. The internet will also play a major role throughout this sale.

Vendors will be able to stable their horses for a week at Inglis’ Oaklands complex in Melbourne and work their horses on the track prior to breezing their horses. They will also be able to breeze their horses twice (if desired) in the lead up to the sale. The fastest of the breeze up sessions will be posted as the recorded time.

"Having a track at our complex allows a second opportunity to breeze if needed as well as two additional days of training,” Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster said.

“This is sure to give young horses every opportunity to familiarise themselves with the course, which is not available when using other venues.”

“Months of hard work all come down to a one furlong breeze, so it is important for all concerned to be given the chance to show their potential.”

The entries closing date for this year’s Breeze Up Sale is Friday, September 5 and entry forms are available on the Inglis website.

"This year we had numerous pinhookers purchase good quality yearlings to resell at this sale, so we are anticipating a strong catalogue with more entries to arrive in the next couple of weeks,” Webster said.

The timing of the sale falls right in the heart of the Melbourne Spring Carnival, with thousands of visitors to be in the city following the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley a day earlier and less than a week out from the famous Melbourne Cup week carnival at Flemington.

"As we have with all of our major sales this year we will be targeting international and domestic buyers with incentives, and there is no better time to entice potential buyers to Melbourne than spring.”

Participation from Asian buyers is expected to be high given the demand for racing stock in major centres, most of which will have just commenced their new racing seasons. Breeze up horses have proven a popular choice for these markets and Asian buyers have enjoyed great success from these sales in the past.

But for those buyers not in Melbourne, Inglis has every base covered. The online bidding service, along with internet video streaming of trials and an online X-ray repository will give buyers every opportunity they need to assess each horse in the catalogue.

“I expect the online bidding service to really come into its own given the technology we’ve made available to buyers through our online innovations.”

"These sales have tremendous appeal to the Asian market and the online bidding concept has taken off there already with a yearling being sold to Hong Kong for $600,000.

“Domestic racehorse buyers have also embraced it with 18 per cent of tried horses receiving an online bid at our most recent Sydney sale.”

Facts at a glance :

Sale Date : Sunday October 26

Horses stabled from: Sunday October 19 and training track open Mon 20 and Wed 22.

Breeze Up Sessions : Tuesday October 21 and Thursday 23. Vendors can elect to do two breeze ups if they wish and post the best time and video online.

Entries close: September 5 2008