Melbourne’s Great Southern sale proved yet again what a great hunting ground it is for pinhookers when an Australian-bred Flying Spur colt that sold for $240,000 last June made $850,000 at the opening session of the New Zealand Bloodstock’s Premier Yearling Sale at Karaka on Monday.
William Inglis & Son Limited and the Moonee Valley Racing Club have announced the running of the $250,000 MVRC Inglis Juvenile for two-year-olds (1000m) at Moonee Valley on 2008 Tattersalls Cox Plate day.
After more than 6 weeks of planning, William Inglis & Son is pleased to announce that the first draft of Victorian based broodmares and foals have arrived at the Inglis Oaklands sales complex in Victoria from NSW.
Tattersalls Ltd, Europe’s leading bloodstock auctioneers, has announced that it has taken a significant minority stake in William Inglis and Son Ltd, Australia’s premier firm of bloodstock auctioneers.
In keeping with their recent ground breaking developments, William Inglis & Son are delighted to announce a new, innovative service for their clients – live internet bidding during thoroughbred auctions.
Following several months of turmoil and uncertainty, the equine influenza (horse flu) outbreak in Australia is under control and on track for early eradication, and will therefore have no impact on the conduct or quality of Australian yearling sales in March and April this year.
The first major yearling sale on the eastern seaboard for 2008, the William Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale catalogue is now available online at www.
William Inglis & Son Ltd is proud to announce the launch of a world first innovation for the thoroughbred industry, an internet-based digital x-ray repository, to be ready for the 2008 Inglis Yearling Sales Series.
After several weeks of detailed planning and liaison with NSW and Victorian DPI, a consignment of 66 thoroughbreds were transported across the NSW/Victorian border overnight to the Inglis’ Oaklands sales complex in Victoria for a period of quarantine, having already served three days quarantine at the company’s Newmarket headquarters in Sydney.
The William Inglis & Son Ltd Breeze-Up sale has a well-earned reputation as a source of winners so it was no surprise that a healthy crowd was in attendance at Oaklands Junction this morning to witness the breeze-up works from the two and three-year-old’s entered in Friday’s sale.
William Inglis & Son’s managing director Mark Webster today announced the appointment of Mr John Coates AC as Chairman of William Inglis & Son Ltd, commenting, “The board of Inglis are thrilled to have secured the services of such a distinguished and experienced sports administrator and businessman.
The stunning Group 1 success of Sacred Kingdom, Weekend Hussler and Arapaho Miss are further proof, as if any was needed, that Melbourne is a constant source of high-class racehorses.
William Inglis & Son’s managing director Mark Webster today announced the appointment of Byron Rogers to the newly created role of national sales manager.
Just as the Sydney racing industry started it’s journey down the road to recovery last Saturday, another critical step forward was taken today when William Inglis and Son conducted the first thoroughbred sale in NSW since the EI crisis commenced more than three months ago.