A Rising Star for 90,500 Euros

Westphalian Online-Auction with price fireworks

Münster: The Westphalian Stud Book experienced a brilliant online auction this evening. At a top price of 90,500 euros, which was never reached before, the Raven/Belstaff son with the head number 1 changed hands. The international customers invested an average of 11,393 Euros in the 28 foals sold.

The Raven/Belstaff son (bred and exhibited by Christoph Stümpel, Rheine) is a Rising Star not only by name! Only a few minutes after the bidding started last Thursday, the bids for the young stallion rose. Before the BidUp started this evening, the dark bay had already cracked the 50,000 euro mark. After almost 100 bids, the virtual hammer fell for the rising star from the dam line of Bon Vivaldi at a sensational knockdown price of 90,500 Euros. New customers from Ostholstein secured themselves the high quality stallion prospect. The most expensive filly this evening had the head number 16: Taurina MB by Taurus/Dimaggio (breeder and exhibitor: Michael Bügener, Gronau) is an extremely attractive daughter of the still young Taurus with swinging movements and that certain something. For the knockdown price of 16.000 Euro the bay remains in Germany.

The most popular offer with a pedigree predispositioned for jumping was a filly by Emerald van het Ruytershof/Cornet Obolensky (breeder and exhibitor: Siegfried Scharf, Gestüt Schultenhof, Bochum). Eternal Flame descents from the direct dam line of Clinton, who celebrated outstanding successes for Belgium under the saddle of Dirk Demeersman. The bay mare will compete under the Swedish flag in the future. Customers from Scandinavia invested 10,000 Euros.

The pony foals were also very popular among the customers of the Westphalian Stud Book. Of the four pony foals on offer, all found a new owner. On average, customers invested 4,750 Euros in the young ponies. The most popular pony foal was sold to customers from the USA. The Der Graf AT/Nabucco R son Dolittle (breeder and exhibitor: Martin Recker, Ostbevern) was worth 6,250 Euros to them. His dam already produced three licensed stallions as well as successful sport ponies.

All in all, the extremely high-quality lot of Westphalian foals was very well received both in Germany and abroad! With a sales quota of 85 percent, an average price of 11,393 Euros was achieved. The total turnover of the foals sold amounted to 317,500 Euros. Seven foals cracked the 10,000 Euro mark. Eight of the foals sold will leave Germany. Customers from Hungary were particularly successful, securing three of the future hopes. "At the end of May we have now successfully sold almost 100 foals via the Westphalian online auctions. This brings us a good deal closer to this years goal of offering as many breeders as possible a platform to market their foals. We are pleased to be able to continue selecting through and selling quality foals for our customers and are looking forward to the upcoming auctions with great anticipation," said Auction and Marketing Manager Thomas Münch.

The auctions continue every two weeks. From June 10 to 14, bids can be placed for the next foal collection. 33 young hopefuls for the dressage arena and show jumping course will then be ready for sale again. The collection with complete pedigree information, photos and videos will be available for viewing at onlineauction.westfalenpferde.de from June 7.