After the licensing in the Fritz-Thiedemann-Halle in Elmshorn, the champion stallion Conchezz by Colestus-Caretino (Sören von Rönne, Neuendeich), mare family 6688, opened the stallion auction. After a long bidding duel, he was knocked down at 200,000 euros to customers from China in the hall. The second highest stallion was Dionex by Diamant de Operette-Casall (Manfred von Allwörden, Grönwohld), mare family 5064, who was worth 170,250 euro to his new owners from Lower Saxony and was knocked down online. A son of Zuccero-Clarimo bred by Jens Ritters (Krumstedt), mare family 730B, was sold for 50,000 euro and will remain in Germany. The average price of the licensed and unlicensed stallions in the auction was around 40,400 euro.
At the Christmas Edition riding horse auction, Number One by Quibery-Clearway (Hobe Magens, Ottenbüttel), Stamm 308, became the top-priced horse. The half-sister of the world champion of young event horses, Cute Girl, was worth 45,000 euros to customers from Great Britain. Two other horses cost 40,000 euros and more: The first was Malva by Del'Arko d'Henvet. Del'Arko d'Henvet-Cash and Carry (Karola Boley, Lutzhorn), mare family 162, which cost 43,000 euro and was knocked down to Italy - just like Don Dior by Diarado-Zinedine (Hans-Peter Petersen, Tating), mare family 3317. The black stallion, who qualified for the Bundeschampionat, cost 40,000 euro. The eight horses in the collection sold for an average of around 31,900 euro.
Photo: Janne Bugtrup