Second Chance Auction with great sales success

Top priced horse to successful young dressage rider

Münster: The Second Chance Auction of the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch e.V. was again a great success. All horses on offer found a new owner. Foreign customers showed great interest in the auction candidates. The highest knock-down price was achieved by the head number 104 Florenz A with 25,000 Euros, who has a great future ahead of him.

At the Westphalian Winter Auction "Handorf-Extra" not all horses could be successfully sold to new owners. There are various reasons why not all all of them could find a suitable owner in the first auction. Thus, the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch e.V. organised a “Second Chance Auction“ where these horses came up for sale again. Three young riding horses and three youngsters were included in the collection, which came to an end this evening in the exciting Bid Up.

The most expensive riding horse was the first auction candidate with the head number 16. The Stanfort/Fiorano sondescents from the successful Rhineland breeding house of Theo Lenzen, Nettetal, who also exhibited the gelding. Schöne Zeit is still at the very beginning of his career. In his daily work he is constantly developing positively. For a knock-down price of 20,500 Euros he changed hands this evening. The most popular youngster of the evening was Florenz A with the head number 104. Already at the first auction, the Fürstenball/Rotspon son (breeder and exhibitor: Heinrich Aarnink, Nordhorn) made the hearts of the spectators beat faster. Equipped with great movement mechanics and an outstanding walk, this stallion will find his way into the dressage arena. The virtual hammer fell at 25,000 Euros in favour of the Schrödter family. They already made good experiences with another Fürstenball daughter from the Westphalian Auction. From the breeding house of Christoph Rawert, Coesfeld-Lette, the St.Pr.St. Frau Holle changed hands at the Westphalian Autumn Elite Auction 2015. Since last year, Jana Schrödter has been riding the bay mare - with great success! Most recently, the pair placed second at the German Young Rider Championships in Riesenbeck. At the end of the year they took part in the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal Final. With Florenz A, Jana Schrödter now has a young horse in her stable that can certainly follow in the big footsteps of Frau Holle one day.

All six horses on offer were successfully sold this evening. The six horses achieved a total turnover of 90,250 Euros. On average, the customers had to invest 15,042 Euros for their new horse. Even though all the horses ultimately remained at home in Germany, the interest from abroad was great. Many pre-bids came from interested parties outside of Germany. "Even though we were not able to achieve the prices of the previous auction in all of tonight's sales, we are more than satisfied with the result. At an auction, there can be various reasons why a horse cannot be successfully placed directly with a new owner. We set ourselves the goal of dealing openly and transparently with these possible problems and to always support our members with the sale of their horses, which is why we have decided to hold this Second Chance Auction," said Auction and Marketing Manager Thomas Münch.