A buoyant sale year concluded on an extremely positive note for William Inglis & Son as buyers thronged to the Oaklands sale complex in Melbourne today where 176 horses sold at an average of $7,045 achieving a gross of $1,240,000, a healthy increase of 32% over last year.

The William Inglis Christmas Thoroughbred Sale, boosted by the first draft from the dispersal of the Written Bloodstock Syndicate, concluded on a high note with a top price of $725,000 for the mare Perfect Promise (SAF).