The five-year-old broodmare Sedaka (NZ), offered in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB) on a Southern Hemisphere cover, has been sold for a record 210,000gns to Bruce Slade of Kestrel Thoroughbreds, on behalf of Nocab Racing. The top-priced lot in the Tattersalls Online December Sale, she also becomes the highest-priced broodmare ever sold on the platform.
The daughter of Savabeel (Aus), who was twice Group-placed as a three-year-old, was consigned by Watership Down Stud and is set to stay in Britain in the short term, with a return visit to Too Darn Hot potentially on the cards in 2025.
“Nocab Racing are building up a very select broodmare band with high-end profiles and Sedaka fit that as a Group performer by a champion sire in Savabeel,” said Slade. “I have a really healthy respect for Too Darn Hot who's doing the job in both hemispheres. The mare will stay in Europe with the view to being bred to Too Darn Hot or another Australian compatible UK-based sire in 2025. Then we'll look to bring her home from there.”
Alongside seven other broodmares in the Southern Hemisphere Session, Sedaka was covered by Too Darn Hot to Southern Hemisphere time. The session saw four lots sell for a total of 640,000gns and at an average of 160,000gns.
Tattersalls Online sales manager Katherine Sheridan added, “The December Online Sale, featuring the inaugural sale of Southern Hemisphere covered mares, has exceeded expectations with multiple records broken. The sale of Sedaka for 210,000 guineas represents the highest price for a broodmare to be offered on Tattersalls Online, whilst the sale turnover of 940,650 guineas is a record for a Tattersalls Online sale since the platform's inception.
“The joint venture with Inglis Digital has been the first collaboration of its kind and we thank all the team at Inglis for their assistance and promotion of this concept. The success of the inaugural Southern Hemisphere Session has opened a gateway of opportunities that we can look to build on for the future. We are very grateful for the support of our vendors and purchasers and extend our most sincere thanks to all who have supported the Tattersalls Online sales.”
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