Reg Inglis is a bloodstock agent in

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, Australia. The Inglis family have been prominent as bloodstock agents since the nineteenth century.

Bloodstock agent

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, the senior racing club in

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(now the

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). In his role as bloodstock agent he gained media coverage for association with notable people such as

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. He played a significant role in saving the business of famous Australian trainer,

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. 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. He was forced to resign as Managing Director in 2006 following a change in shareholding control between different parts of the family. In January 2008 he sold his own shareholding to

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, a U.K. based bloodstock agency. However, he continues to play a matchmaker role with sales in the bloodstock industry.

Charity work

He was later Chairman of the

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Foundation from 2010 to 2012.

References

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