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Caulfield Guineas winner fails to reach reserve but new homes found for many via Inglis
A third placegetter from last Saturday's Ballarat Cup meeting was the star of the Inglis Digital December Sale after selling for $220,000.
Dual Pressure is off to South Australia after being purchased by Aaron Bain.
Beaten 1-1/2 lengths by The Open in last Saturday's $130,000 benchmark 84, the four-year-old son of Denman, who has 18 starts for three wins and seven minors, will be directed towards next year's Adelaide carnival.
"He'll be transported straight here and go straight to the races where he should appreciate a bit of a class drop, then we'll tip him out and get him ready for the carnival here in May,'' Bain said of the ex-Mathew Ellerton stable member.
"He's got very good form for here; second to Isthmus and third to Pisanello recently, both times beaten less than a length so he should really fit in ideally over here.
"You've got to pay for a horse like this and I sure did that, I went 10 percent over what I wanted to but I was happy to do that to get a horse of his quality into the stable.''
Dual Pressure end up the highest-priced lot of a sale that featured last year's Caulfield Guineas winner Griff, who was passed in after failing to reach his reserve of $1 million.
Also on the move is recent Dual Choice Plate winner Barber, who was bought by Jason Micallef of Monarch Racing Syndications for $215,000 out of a strong Godolphin draft.
The one-time Blue Diamond favourite, who won the $1m Golden Gift and a Group 3 Blue Diamond Preview as a juvenile, will join the Warwick farm stable of Richard Litt.
"I bought Bacchanalia earlier this year and he almost won the Ramornie for us and there was Destination too who I bought and he's been a really good Canterbury Friday night/Sydney Saturday type of horse,'' Micallef said.
"Barber has so much upside. It's very rare you get a four-year-old come up for sale that's already won $1 million in earnings and I'm convinced he'll train on.
Barber was one of 14 Godolphin horses to sell – to 14 different ownership groups - in the December Online Sale, for a combined gross of $627,000.
"Once again, this sale has shown just how well quality racehorses perform on the (Inglis Digital) online platform, with Barber bringing in $215,000 and Blue Illusion selling for $130,000 – both very pleasing results,'' Godolphin's Jason Walsh said.
"We believe the diverse range of buyers is testament to the excellent work the Inglis Digital team has done in marketing the platform and connecting with the right buyers for our racehorses.
"We wish their new owners all the best.''
Nine lots sold for $100,000 or more in today's sale, taking the number of six-figure lots sold on Inglis Digital in 2025 to 124.
Another significant result today was a five percent share in Craig realising $80,000.
In total the December Online Sale grossed $3,461,400, taking the 2024 calendar year gross for Inglis Digital to $82,084,125.