With an average auction sales price of 6,466.46 € for 161 foals sold, the Hanoverian Association achieved a new record at an elite foal auction. The Argentinus-x Alme-son All Star ZH II (breeder: Horst Zöllmer, Südergellersen) was the best foal of the auction. Breeders from Estonia accepted the bid at 60,000 €. All Star II is a breeding result from the Hanoverian Breeding Program Show Jumpers.
The auction of 16 brood mares was also very successful. They left the auction hall at an average auction sales price of 11,850 €. The state premium candidate Delaya by Daidalos x Bergkristall (breeder: Heinrich Beckedorf, Seevetal) was the most expensive Hanoverian horse.
Delaya was sold at 36,000 €. The brown mare was mated to the winner of last year's stallion licensing, His Highness. The owner of the black stallion, the American Douglas W. Leatherdale, bought the mare.
80 of the 161 foals sold will be exported. This is an export rate of a good 50%. Only three of the totally 16 mares sold will stay in Germany. Italy, Sweden and the United States were the greatest buyers.
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