Inglis conducted its final sale of 2015 Friday when it held its December Thoroughbred Sale in Melbourne. A strong clearance rate of 90% highlighted statistics of the mixed sale. The average dropped 6.7% to A$9,829, with a A$75,000 top lot compared to last year's A$260,000; the median, however, rose 37.5% to A$5,500. In total, 159 horses sold for A$1,562,750. One fewer sold last year when the gross was A$1,663,800.
The top lot came from the Darley draft, which sold all 17 of its offerings for a gross of A$307,500. The topper was lot 80, the Group 3-placed 3-year-old gelding Chamarel (Aus) (Exceed and Exccel {Aus}). He was picked up by Yu Long Investments for A$75,000 and will eventually race in China along with two of Yu Long's other purchases from the sale.
“Our final sale of the year returned some outstanding results and was an ideal way to conclude a successful year of trading,” said Inglis's Victorian Manager Simon Vivian. “I would like to thank our vendors at today's sale for presenting a quality draft of horses in tip-top order. As expected, the highlights of the sale came with the racehorse sections of the catalogue and our vendors are to be commended on the fabulous condition in which the horses were turned out.”
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