60.000 Euros for Dream Boy son

Westphalia's online auction for dressage foals with outstanding result

Münster: The Westphalian Stud Book had a brilliant foal auction this evening. The 30 foals with dressage pedigrees on offer aroused great desires among the international customers. Deichgraf was sold for the top price of 60,000 Euros. At a fantastic average price of 13,150 Euros, 25 of the foals on offer changed hands. The 20 warmblood foals reached an average price of 14,925 Euros.

Even before the BidUp started, the highest bid for the colt with the head number 1 was over 30,000 Euros. On Monday evening at 7.30 pm it became particularly exciting once again. Customers from the USA and Germany fought a long bidding duel. At 45,000 Euros, a new customer from the Ukraine joined the bidding for Deichgraf (breeder and exhibitor: Ludger Wigger-Pieper, Telgte). After a BidUp lasting more than 20 minutes, customers from Germany had the longest breath. The strong moving Dream Boy/De Niro son was sold to regular customers and friends of the Westphalian Stud Book in the Rhineland. Interested parties also fought for a long time for the foal with the head number two. Already at the beginning of the bidding phase, this likeable stallion prospect arouse high desires. Dark Dynamic (breeder and exhibitor: ZG Wierling, Senden) is one of the first offspring of Dynamic Dream. His dam is the St.Pr.St. Catch Me, who was successful in young horse competitions. Her sire is Captain Collin, who is successful in advanced level dressage competitions. For the knock down price of 40,000 Euros, the dark bay stallion will move into his new stable at a barn in Brandenburg. The most popular filly this evening had the head number 5. Tova Rosa (breeder and exhibitor: Sandra Hobitz, Emsbüren) is a daughter of the Nuremberg Burg-Pokal winner Total Hope. Her dam is the Verb.Pr.St. Fina Rosa by Fürstenball. The typey black filly changed to the Ukraine for 17,500 Euros.

The six pony foals on offer also aroused the customers' desires. The best paid offer was the full brother of Dating AT with the head number 6. The palomino stallion Date 4 You (breeder and exhibitor: ZG Börger, Gescher) is a charming pony foal that convinced with his appearance all along the line. For 13,500 Euros he changed into the possession of customers from Lower Saxony. Five of the riding pony foals on offer were able to find a new owner this evening at an average price of 6,050 Euros.

Overall, this Westphalian online auction of dressage foals achieved an outstanding result. More than 80 percent of the foals offered were sold with a turnover of 328,750 Euros. Nine percent of this turnover can be accounted to the four riding pony foals. The 20 warmblood foals sold achieved an average price of 14,925 Euros with a turnover of 298,500 Euros. In total, 14 foals cracked the 10,000 Euro mark in the price structure. 11 of the foals sold will be based abroad in the future. "With the great success of this online auction we are looking forward to the further foal season. The result confirms that we have arrived online in all price segments and have the right customers for many foals. Our aim is to give as many breeders as possible the opportunity to successfully market their foals via a Westphalian auction in the further course of the foal season. We want to continue to offer our customers suitable qualities and the best service from our Westphalian breeding stables in our collections," sums up Auction and Marketing Manager Thomas Münch afterwards.

The next Westphalian Online Auction is coming up very soon. From May 13 to 17, 33 top-class foals with a pedigree predispositioned for jumping will be available for bidding. The collection with complete pedigree information, photos and videos will be available for viewing at onlineauction.westfalenpferde.de from May 10th.