UNCLE Phil has been sold out of the Willie Mullins yard for £38,000, topping the ThoroughBid Christmas online sale.

The seven-year-old gelding, winner of five races and rated 146 over fences in Ireland, was bought by owner Gordon Miller and will be trained by Matt Sheppard.

Miller said: “The plan will be to syndicate him between a few people and then hopefully enjoy some big days with him in the spring and beyond. He’s clearly got plenty of ability, and Matt is capable of getting horses to perform beyond what they’ve previously been capable of, so I’m looking forward to it.”

John Nallen’s Minella Racing sold seven horses in the online sale. Minella Loach went to Tim Underwood for £13,500 and Minella Supreme was bought by John McConnell for £12,500.

Neil Mulholland purchased Myles Osbourne’s recent Larkhill point-to-point winner Five Bar Gate for £28,000.

ThoroughBid’s next sale is on January 23rd.

THE five-year-old broodmare Sedaka, offered in foal to Too Darn Hot on a southern hemisphere cover, has been sold for a record 210,000gns to Kestrel Thoroughbreds’ Bruce Slade on behalf of Nocab Racing. The late sale, confirmed five days after the original session closed on December12th, makes her the highest priced broodmare ever sold on the platform. The daughter of Savabeel was consigned by Watership Down Stud and was twice group-placed as a three-year-old.

The December Online Sale catalogue was dominated by eight mares in foal to Too Darn Hot on southern hemisphere covers. Four were sold for a total of 640,000gns.

The next Tattersalls Online Sale takes place on January 14th-15th.