Sedaka sells for record 210,000gns at Tattersalls Online December Sale
The broodmare Sedaka (Savabeel), offered in foal to Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) on a southern hemisphere cover, has been sold for a record 210,000gns (approx. AU$441,370) to Kestrel Thoroughbreds’ Bruce Slade on behalf of Nocab Racing, making her the top-priced lot in the Tattersalls Online December Sale and the highest-priced broodmare ever sold on the platform.
Consigned by Watership Down Stud, Sedaka was twice Group placed as a three-year-old and is a half-sister to the exciting Suit Yourself (Savile Row).
“Nocab Racing are building up a very select broodmare band with high-end profiles and Sedaka fits that as a Group performer by a champion sire in Savabeel,” Slade said.
“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.”
Tattersalls Online sales manager Katherine Sheridan said: “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.”
Reflecting on the inaugural Southern Hemisphere Session, Inglis CEO Sebastian Hutch said: “The collaboration with Tattersalls through their December Online Sale has worked out very well. The stock was well promoted and engagement with the sale was good, so I think it lays a solid platform for the development of more similar concepts in the future. It’s very exciting.”