Sissy Max-Theurer paid the staggering amount of 580,000 euro for the 3-year old Oldenburg bred San Doncisco M OLD at the 2010 Vechta Autumn Elite Auction in Vechta, Germany, on 2 October 2010.
The bay Sandro Hit x Donnerhall offspring, which became the 2010 Bundes- and Oldenburg Champion, sold to the Austrian Olympian after a tough bidding duel against buyers from Denmark and Switzerland. San Doncisco's current rider and trainer Kira Wulferding will continue to ride the impressively moving horse, which will be stabled at Max-Theurer's Gestut Vorwerk in Cappeln, Germany.
The Luttgen family purchased the second most expensive horse of the auction, D'Arcy Diamond (by De NIro x Sevillano xx) for 165,000 euro. A Russian buyer got the 3-year old stallion Rock for Hit (by Rock Forever x Sandro Hit) for 100,000 euro.
Monaco based German Bernadette Brune acquired Dairy Dream (by Duino x Rubinstein) for 90,000 euro and Semper Fidelis (by Sir Donnerhall) for 60,000 euro.
The best selling show jumper was Lady Furtago (by Landgold x Grand Step) which sold for 33,000 euro to Gestut Floggensee.
The most expensive foal at the auction was Feuerbal, a Furstenball x Akzent I colt. Lone Boegh Henriksen, the owner of Furstenball, paid 40,000 euro for the foal.
Fifty-four horses sold in total for an average price of 42,917 euro.
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