The first euro year in Vechta was brought to an honorable conclusion with the 34th Special Auction - "Oldenburg Late Sales" - on November 30, 2002: 25 riding horses were sold for a total of 266,700 Euros, resulting in an average price of 11,113 Euro.
The lot of eleven young stallions sold for a total of 168,000 Euros with an average price of 15,273 Euros.
The highest priced horse was not found among the riding horses but the young stallions: Dolomit (by De Niro-Rohdiamant) changed hands for 40,000 Euros and is now owned by Bernhard Schaerffer, Stade. The second highest priced horse was a four year old Don Gregory son called Dublée (dam by Rubinstein) sold to North Rhine Westphalia for 32,000 Euros (pictured above).
Four of the riding horses and two of the young stallions were sold outside of Germany. A total of three talented young Oldenburgs will make the jump across the English Channel to their new homes in Great Britain. A great number of Internet users, especially in foreign countries, used the opportunity to follow the auction live, several of which also made use of the phone to bid on the horses they had selected.
Wilhelm Weerda, President of the Oldenburg Verband, and auctioneer, Uwe Heckmann, were very pleased with the results of the 34th Special Auction. "The fifth and last auction this year, with its select collection, also drew a number of interested people from near and far - and the switch to the Euro also ran smoothly", were Wilhelm Weerda's final comments.
Riding Horses
The auction was as perfectly orchestrated as ever: number one, a prized Don Gregory son, trotted in to be sold right off the bat for 32,000 Euros to North Rhine Westphalia. Max Hauri, a new customer from Switzerland, made sure he got Laurel (by Laurion-Inschallah), an experienced show jumper up to elementary level. A Donatelli son, Damon Hill (dam by Feinbrand) and the Rohdiamant daughter, Rose in Red (dam by Feiner Stern) will be prepared for a career in the dressage ring.
The Ex Libris son Eifelturm (dam by Figaro) will receive his further training in England under the World Champion rider, Emile Faurie, who already has a talented young Oldenburg at international level called Wild at Heart: the pair took eighth place at the 2002 World Championships for five year old dressage horses in Verden. The terrific jumper, Gransee (by Granulit-Castro) was also sold to Great Britain for 10,000 Euros.
Young Stallions
Bernhard Schaerffer purchased two horses with great potential: Dolomit, the most expensive young stallion (40,000 Euros) and Dostojewsky (by Don Gregory - Grundstein II, breeder: Oliver Kotschowsky, Visbek) for 8,000 Euros. A Royal Dance son, Royal Court (dam by Chronos/Trak., breeder: J. F. A. Timmers, Uden, The Netherlands) was sold to a buyer from Hessian.
The approved Quebec son, Qempas (dam by Argentinus, breeder: Irmtraud Meyerhoff, Osterholz-Scharmbeck) was added to the jumper armada in Schockemöhle's stables in Mühlen. Carol Lawrence from the US purchased Radiance Boy, also an approved stallion (by Rohdiamant-Cordeur, breeder: Hans Blömer, Vechta) for 26.500 Euros .