De Bruyne (by Niro x San Amour) became the top selling foal of the 2016 Hanoverian Elite Foal and Broodmare auction on 5 - 6 August 2016. The dark bay colt sold for 90,000 euro.
The concept worked: It was the second time that a Verden auction was held during a top sports event, the CSI/CDN Verden and Hanoverian Young Horse Championships.
For two days, potential customers had the opportunity to secure the champions of tomorrow at the Verden Foal and Broodmare Auction, held on the occasion of the Verden International Dressage and Show Jumping Festival. An option that was also used by many riders. Highest-priced foal turned out to be De Bruyne whose sire De Niro is also among the top stallions for the advanced sports level, just like many other stallions who added a high degree of internationality to the foal collection.
Experts unanimously agreed: A foal of such a high quality has long since not been presented in the Niedersachsenhalle any more. The shiny black colt who carries the name of a Belgian soccer player already impressed the audience during the presentation in the crowded Hannoveraner Arena on Friday afternoon. Two stallion raisers did not spare anything in an exciting bidding duel unless auctioneer Bernd Hickert finally accepted the bid of 90,000 euro of a Lower Saxonian stallion raiser for the De Niro/San Amour-son. No new situation for breeder Gerold Gögele as he had already presented a number of outstanding foals in Verden over the years.
The most popular foal of the show jumping collection was sold at 28,000 euro. Cornet’s Best (by Cornet Obolensky x Calido - breeder and exhibitor: Kai Baumgartner, Kamern) entered the auction arena immediately after De Bruyne and found a new home in Sweden. A double for the breeding site Baumgartner as exactly three weeks ago, its home-bred Grey Fantastic became top-priced foal at the Verden Auction in July.
The Hanoverian foals were sold for an average price of 10,478 euro. The buyers were as international as the pedigrees. A regular customer from Canada purchased five foals for the hunter-jumper market. Seven foals will travel to Great Britain. Customers also came from Argentina, China and Indonesia, just as from Poland, the Russian Federation and the Czech Republic.
The auction lot was complemented with seven broodmares who were sold for an average price of 11,071 euro on Saturday evening. A customer from Hessen paid 22,000 euro for Hanoverian premium candidate Cosmolina (by Contendro x Iberio - breeder: Wilhelm Klausing, Diepholz; exhibitor: Willem Klausing GbR, Diepholz). One day before, the same exhibitor had already sold the second most expensive foal, Venga Boy (by Vivaldi x Sandro Hit) for 66,000 euro to North-Rhine Westphalia.
Photos © Tammo Ernst