The 109th Elite Auction for Hanoverian Sport horses and foals broke once again all records for the Hanoverian Society in Verden. With a knock down highlight of 185,000 € and many top priced horses, the average price for a Verden auction horse was a record of 31.863,64 Euro. Especially due to a Spanish influx in Verden, prices rose considerably. Ten out of 77 auctioned horses will be moving to sunny Spain.
A Spanish dressage fan purchased Diandra, a black mare by Donnerhall x Alabaster, for 185,000 €, the top price of the auction. Bred by Kerstin Albers-Buker from Buren-Ahden, Germany, Diandra excelled in her three basic gaits as well as in her conformation, making her an interesting future prospect for the dressage ring.
The chestnut mare Donna (by Donnerhall x Wittinger) achieved the third highest price of 120,000 €. Bred by Helmut Ostermeier, Donna will receive further training at her new owner's dressage stable in Hamburg, Germany. Canada was especially interested in show jumpers. They paid 92,000 € for Rayana Chiara (Ragazzo x Caletto) and 82,000 € for Coolio (Chasseur x Wanderer). An Italian bought Almost Famous (Argentinus x Lombardo) for 65,000 €.
Twenty-two foals were auctioned, achieving an average price of 6,381 € per foal. An Italian invested 20,000 € into the dark bay filly Ehranerin (Escudo x Calypso II), who was bred by Arno Knoop.
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