Reg Inglis is a bloodstock agent in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Inglis family have been prominent as bloodstock agents since the nineteenth century. [1]
Reg Inglis is a bloodstock agent in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Inglis family have been prominent as bloodstock agents since the nineteenth century. [1]
Reg Inglis worked in the family firm of William Inglis & Son for 36 years including eighteen as managing director. In his time as Managing Director he held a number of important industry positions, including in the mid-1990s being a member of the Board of the Australian Jockey Club, [2] the senior racing club in thoroughbred racing in Australia (now the Australian Turf Club). In his role as bloodstock agent he gained media coverage for association with notable people such as Robert Sangster. [3] He played a significant role in saving the business of famous Australian trainer, Bart Cummings. Reg Inglis admitted, following Bart Cumming's death, that he had allowed Cummings to only repay $350,000 of a $14M debt owing to William Inglis and Son Pty Ltd. [4] He was forced to resign as Managing Director in 2006 following a change in shareholding control between different parts of the family. [5] In January 2008 he sold his own shareholding to Tattersalls, a U.K. based bloodstock agency. [6] However, he continues to play a matchmaker role with sales in the bloodstock industry. [7]
He was later Chairman of the Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation from 2010 to 2012. [8]
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I compliment the current committee of the AJC, including Michael Doyle, Bob Charley as chairman, Tony Allport as vice-chairman, Peter Capelin, Arthur Fitzgerald, Will Rutledge, John Cummins, Jack Ingham, Treve Williams and Reg Inglis, all of whom are racing identities in their own right. They have all served the club with distinction and will continue to do so.
This week, veteran bloodstock agent Reg Inglis, managing director of William Inglis & Son during the crisis, revealed Bart Cummings only paid around $350,000 of a $14 million debt to them. Mr Inglis said they knew insisting on full payment would have meant bankruptcy for the racing legend.
The sale of the Redoute's Choice colt was set up in the hour before he walked into the ring by legendary bloodstock figure Reg Inglis for American John Kelly, who has taken half of the magnificent colt.