Microsoft outage delays bidding on Inglis Digital November (Late) Sale

Bidding on the Inglis Digital November (Late) Online Sale will not open until 10am on Monday after the worldwide Microsoft outage forced Inglis to delay the start of trading and defer the sale’s closing day by 24 hours.

The catalogue is already online, so buyers can assess lots over the weekend, but no bids can be lodged until Monday morning.

Among the headline offerings is Summer In Capri (Proisir), a maiden mare and half-sister to Chris Waller’s three-time Group 1 winner Aeliana, whose victories include the Australian Derby, Tancred Stakes and Ranvet Stakes. Summer In Capri is in foal to Castelvecchio, carrying a three-quarter sibling to Aeliana.

The catalogue also includes two 5 per cent shares and one 2.5 per cent share in Michael Freedman’s four-year-old Decorum (Snitzel), who finished a nose behind Skyhook in the $10 million Golden Eagle at Randwick a fortnight ago.

All lots will now close out from 10am on Thursday November 19, Inglis announced on Friday.

The sale had been advertised to run from November 13 to 18, with entries closing at midnight on November 11. Under the revised timetable, vendors’ lots begin closing a day later than planned.

Microsoft began investigating problems accessing Exchange Online mailboxes early on Friday, Australian time.

By 9am, more than 5500 Australian users had reported Outlook problems on Down Detector, and users were also reporting faults with Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 products. Microsoft later said changes it had applied to restore service were “not taking as expected” and that it was looking for other ways to increase capacity.