Through his trainer Norbert van Laak, Brazilian Dr. Jorge de la Rocha purchased the price highlight of the 2007 Vechta Spring Elite Auction. The grey stallion Reader's Digest, a Royal Diamond x Dream of Heidelberg offspring bred by the Belgian Marcel de Wilde, sold for 150,000 euro to Dr. de la Rocha.
Van Laak's wife, Eva Schülte-Günne, will be training the young stallion. (editor's note: Reader's Digest was later renamed Renaissance Tyme)
The second most expensive sold to the sponsor of Martina Hannover-Sternberg. She purchased Donna Medici (Don Larino x Rouletto) for 140,000 euro. The licensed stallion Weltclassiker (Wolkentanz II x Goldstern) sold for 120,000 euro to the Spanish Pepe de la Lastra. Spanish Grand Prix rider Laura Yubero Preito bought Rialto Star (Royal Diamond x Castro) for 64,500 euro.
The 68-year old horse dealer Bernhard Schaerffer bought Friedensreiter (Florestan x Rubinstein) for 85,000 euro after a bidding duel with Spanish buyers. He also purchased Wonderful Dream (Weltissimo x Royal Angelo I).
American A-team rider Arlene "Tuny" Page, who was competing in the U.S. League Finals in Burbank, CA, during the auction, bought the Rastede Brilliantring mare Donna Latina (by Don Larino x Florestan), owned by American Holly Simensen, for 50,000 euro.
On his first visit to the Vechta Elite Auction, the six-time Indian Dressage Champion Kapil Modi purchased the black gelding Point to Point (Pik Noir x Don Gregory) for 30,000 euro. The Sandro Hit x Donnerhall son Solitär sold for 56,000 euro to Karl-Heinz Reipen from New Zealand.
57 riding horses were sold at the Vechta spring elite auction and they achieved a total turnover of 1,655,500 euro. The average price for a horse was 29,044 euro. 50% of the horses sold abroad.