December Online Sale Closes 2025 Season for Inglis

Two well-related mares stole the show during the Inglis Digital December (Late) Online Sale that closed Dec. 17, selling for AU$140,000 (US$92,489, AU$1=US$0.66) each in the Australian auction company's final sale of 2025. Merry Angelore—a sister to group 3 winner Aviatress—sold to Victorian Andy Grant of APG Invest while group 1 winner Ruthless Dame (NZ)'s half sister Deadly Desire sold to Cambridge Stud. Offered by Northmore in foal to Castelvecchio (AUS), Merry Angelore will be transported to Widden Stud in New South Wales before Grant decides his next move. The sale's other equal-top lot, well-related 4-year-old Deadly Desire, was offered by Go Bloodstock and sold to Cambridge Stud for AU$140,000. The third-top lot in the December (Late) Sale was King Of Dragons, who sold to Goulburn trainer Matt Dale and bloodstock agent Suman Hedge for AU$120,000. King Of Dragons was part of an unreserved reduction for Trilogy Racing, which grossed $274,100. There will be another Trilogy reduction draft in the Inglis Digital January Online Sale. Another significant result in the auction was a 2.5% share in dual group 1-placed filly Within The Law (AUS), which sold to United States-based bidder Will Stroud for AU$40,000. The result values Within The Law, a AU$30,000 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale purchase who is a three-time stakes winner, at AU$1.6 million. In the U.S., Stroud is one of the co-owners of Rags to Riches Stakes winner Life of Joy, a 2-year-old Gun Runner filly trained by Brad Cox. In total the sale grossed AU$2,411,800 (US$1,593,319) and was the final Inglis Digital online sale for 2025, with the calendar year finishing with 130 lots selling for AU$100,000 or more and gross sales in excess of AU$95 million, to the delight of Inglis Digital business manager Nick Melmeth. "We are very grateful for the support that we have received at all levels right through the year," Melmeth said. "It's been an incredible year, with tremendous buyer engagement in each and every sale and extraordinary liquidity in the market. "The launch of our new platform in July has improved what was already an industry-leading product and standard of service to an even higher level and we are excited by the prospect of working to scale new heights in 2026." There will be just one auction in January, which will run from Jan. 16-21. Entries are now open and will remain so until midnight Jan. 14.