News

Initial entries for Tattersalls Online/Inglis Digital Sale announced

9th Nov 2024

The first entries for the highly anticipated collaboration between Tattersalls Online and Inglis Digital have been confirmed.

The Southern Hemisphere Session, which is scheduled to take place on Tattersalls Online on December 11 and 12, is a unique offering of mares covered to Southern Hemisphere time which will be promoted globally by the two of the world’s most respected bloodstock auctioneers.

Three mares, that are certain to whet the appetite of breeders around the world, have been confirmed as early entries into the sale, in foal to international sire sensation Too Darn Hot, who has made an outstanding start to his career at stud. Progeny of Too Darn Hot have enjoyed tremendous success on the racetrack headlined by Champion Australian 2YO and triple G1 winner Broadsiding, G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas winner Fallen Angel and the G1 Futurity Trophy winner Hotazhell.

“Too Darn Hot has made an extraordinary start to his career at stud, particularly in Australia and given he is covering a limited book to Southern Hemisphere time, opportunities to acquire a mare in foal to him are very scarce,’’ Tattersalls Online Sales Manager Katherine Sheridan said.

“He has 11 black type horses from his first Australian crop already and they are still just spring 3YOs so it’s exciting to think where things might progress to with him over the next 12-24 months.’’

The trio of mares are led by dual G3 placed Galileo mare Know Thyself (pictured), an accomplished race filly that performed at the highest level internationally.

A dual winner, she was Group/Listed placed on four occasions, including when runner up in the G3 Prix Vanteaux. That particular effort saw her beaten by no less than five-time G1-winnning mare Mqse De Sevigne, the mare who defeated Via Sistina in her penultimate European start in the G1 Prix Jean Romanet.

Know Thyself boasts a pedigree that will be familiar to Southern Hemisphere breeders, being out of the triple G2 winner Fix, the daughter of Iffraaj who was also placed in the G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas and G1 New Zealand Derby.

Another mare sure to attract plenty of attention is the G2 placed Sedaka. The lightly raced winning daughter of New Zealand’s nine-time Champion sire Savabeel was second in the G2 Royal Stakes and G3 Sunline Vase at Te Rapa during her race career. Consigned by Watership Down Stud, she is out of a winning half sister to multiple Listed winner and multiple Group/Listed placed Odean. She hails from the family of top-class G1-winning sprinters Brando and Reckless Abandon, G1-winning 2YO Crowded House and International G1 winners Beauty Eternal, Ticker Tape and Tribalist.

3YO filly Crimson Coronet also looks set to attract international interest, being by Champion sire Zoustar, sire of multiple G1 winners in both hemispheres. She is out of Listed Chalice Stakes winner Crimson Rosette who also placed second in the G3 Pinnacle Stakes and third in the G3 Princess Royal Stakes. Crimson Rosette is herself a half sister to joint Champion Stayer Courage Mon Ami, winner of the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. With a deep Hascombe and Valiant Studs pedigree, she is also a close relative to Australian Listed winner Astronomos.

Entries for the Southern Hemisphere Session of the Tattersalls Online December Sale are by application until Friday November 22. Any queries regarding the sale can be directed to Tattersalls Online Sales Manager Katherine Sheridan (Katherine.sheridan@tattersalls.com.au) or Inglis Bloodstock Sales Manager Harry Bailey (harry.baliey@inglis.com.au). Further details regarding the sale will be made available over the coming weeks.