Eichenkönig Named Champion of the 2025 Trakehner Stallion Licensing

Breeding

Trakehner

Eichenkönig has been named champion of the 2025 Trakehner Stallion Licensing in Neumunster, Germany, on 20 November 2025.

A collection of thirty-seven stallions was originally selected. In the end, 13 of them were licensed and no less than 6 were named premium.

Eichenkönig

The best of show was the Belgian bred Eichenkönig, who is by Kentucky out of state premium mare Eliza (by Hofrat x Schwadroneur). His grand dam is elite mare Evita XII, who also produced elite sire Easy Game.

The champion is bred by Daniel de Charleroy in Herselt, Belgium, and was scouted by Philipp Klingbeil as a youngster. He trained and presented the colt at the licensing, representing the owners, a syndicate of seven including the breeder, Klingbeil, Simone Bogner, Lilli-Sophie von Schöning, Lea Andrelang, Katharina Halfter and Marinus Feichtner.

The stallion sold at auction for the highest price: 405,000 euro. He will move to Gestut Sprehe and will join last year's licensing champion Havertz as a stable mate.

Premium Ring

The reserve champion was Goldkurs, who is by Impact out of elite mare Gardemaß (by Shavalou x Kostolany). He is bred and owned by Bernhard Langels at Schäplitz Stud in Bismark. Goldkurs sold at auction to Rhineland for €61,000.

The third ranked stallion in the premium ring was Hannu Haakon. He is by Scaglietti out of Helia (by Millennium x Induc) and is bred at Gestüt Gut Staffelde. The owner is Nicole Derlin from Travenbrück, who bought the stallion for 16,000 euro as an auction foal at the 2023 Trakehner Championships. He now sold again at auction for € 66,000.

Three further stallions were labelled premium, including the second most expensive stallion at the auction: Top Star (by Kwahu x Cadeau x Sixtus), bred by the Gellhaar family and owned by BG Top Star with Bernhard Langels behind it. They also bought him as a foal at the 2023 Trakehner Championships and paid 21,500 euro for him. Now Top Star sold for 175,000 euro to Joop van Uytert in The Netherlands.

The other two premium stallions were the best jumper of the lot, Beeten von Allsn (by Tecumseh x Cavallieri xx x Donaumonarch) and Lucero (by Easy Game x Rheinklang x Ivernel), bred by Stephanie Petersen and owned by Ralf Budt. Lucero sold to Bavaria for 65,000 euro, Beeten von Allsn sold for 71,000 to XX and moves to the Warendorf state stud.

Licensed

The other licensed stallions were:

Stellenbosch (by Easy Game x Hopkins x Kasimir), bred and owned by Lydia Camp-Riebau ==> 25,000 euro
High Impact (by Impact x Imperio x Münchhause), bred by ZG ter Harmsel-Zandering (NED), owned by BG NedPact ==> 29.000 €
O’Valley (by Imperial Valley x Kentucky x Millennium), bred and owned by Rob de Wijs (NED) ==> 28.000 €
Donavaro (by Integer x Camaro x Hohenstein), bred by Frank Martens-Bruns, owned by Christian Grab ==> 20,000 to SUI
Dudamel (by Kwahu x Zauberreigen x Saint Cyr), bred by Bernadette Gutmann, owned by BG Gutmann/Langels ==> 22.000 €
Roi de Coeur (by Ziethen x Waitaki x Axis), bred and owned by Gisela Gunia ==> 33.000 €
Dichter’s Easy (by Easy Game x Caprimond x Donaufeuer), bred by Martha-Rose Kullen, owned by Dichterkonsortium II ==> 44.000 €

Auction

Seven other licensed stallions and 15 unlicensed stallions were auctioned. The average price for licensed stallions was €80,308, while the average price for unlicensed stallions was €13,733.

The most expensive non-licensed stallion was Le Lys (by Olymp x Rheinklang), which sold for 26,000 euro. All other stallions sold for 16,000 euro or less. Three move (back) to (their owners in) Denmark: Gavin Magic (by Helium - Friedensfürst for 14,000 euro, Sirenzo (by Gaspard x Banderas) for 13,000 € and Hedlund (by Schwarzgold x Aston Martin) for 12,500 euro. An American purchased Sternberg (by His Moment x Imperio) for 16,000 €. High Attention (by Imperio x Saint Cyr) goes to Austria for 13,000 €, Amicus Royal (by Ivanhoe x Buddenbrock) to Switzerland for 13,500 €

On Friday 28 November another Trakehner auction took place, one of riding horses. The most expensive horse in that auction was mare Luxus (by Freiherr von Stein x Singolo) who sold for 72,000 euro. Mare Hemera (by Helium x Donauruf) went for 46,000 euro, while Florence (by Schaplitzer x Kentucky) fetched 45,000 euro. The average price for a mare was 28,916 euro.

The most expensive riding horse in the Friday auction was Kiano (by Rheinglanz x Ivanhoe), which found a new owner for 45,000 euro. An Austrian bought Bannon (by Kari Doré x Lucito) for 28,000 euro, while an American purchased Aidan (by Zauberreigen x Impetus) for 20,000 euro. The average price was 25,083 euro.

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