Successful finale in Westphalia

Fillys in great demand

Münster: The online foal auctions of the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch ended in a successful finale. With the 22 foals sold today, a total of around 350 foals found a new owner via the Westphalian auctions this year. Head number four became a real Favourite Girl this evening. The daughter of the Bundeschampion Fynch Hatton changed hands for the top price of 25,500 Euros.

Favourite Girl (breeder and exhibitor: Enrico Schöbel, Radeburg) lived up to her name with the head number four. The daughter of the Bundeschampion Fynch Hatton was the favourite of several customers. She sparked off a long-lasting bidding duel. After more than half an hour did the virtual hammer fall for the filly. The beautiful bay showed herself elastic with a lot of impulsion and first-class movement. Her dam, Verb.Pr.St. Dörte by De Niro, gave birth to another filly by Santo Domingo in 2018 who won the bronze medalle of the Lienen Foal Championship. As the most popular offer of this collection, Favourite Girl changed to Swiss ownership at the knockdown price of 25,500 Euros. The best paid colt followed immediately with the head number five. Vajano (breeder: Heinrich Schartmann, Beesten; exhibitor: Isabeau Schartmann, Beesten) is an attractive son of Viva Gold with great prospects for the dressage ring. After an exciting bidding duel between two Dutch customers, the hammer fell for Vajano at 14,000 Euros. Two other fillies with a pedigree predispositioned for dressage cracked the 10,000 Euro mark. Franziska by Franziskus/Fürst Romancier (breeder and exhibitor: Dr. Willy Holz, Berlin) cost 14,000 Euros and Balida by Bonds/Sandro Hit (breeder and exhibitor: ZG Schwarzer, Welver) was worth 11,500 Euros to her new owners.

Among the foals with a pedigree predispositioned for jumping, a filly also aroused the highest desires. Take off MH (breeder and exhibitor: Dr. Monika Hilgers, Emsdetten) is a daughter of Tangelo van de Zuuthoeve. Her dam Hot Pants H by. Heartbreaker is the half-sister of four horses who have been successful in advanced level show jumping competitions. International top sires of the finest variety line up in this pedigree. This ultra-modern filly was worth 9,750 Euros to the customers from Germany.

A total of 22 foals changed hands this evening. With a total turnover of 183,500 Euros, an average of 8,341 Euros had to be invested in the young cracks for the dressage arena and show jumping course. Once again, there was a lot of interest from abroad. Seven of the foals sold will grow up outside of Germany. "As of tonight, we have sold a total of about 350 foals this year at a total average price of 10,690 Euros. This corresponds to a sales rate of 80 per cent. This is a result we can be more than proud of! We are happy and grateful that the breeders place their trust in us and market their high-quality foals at the Westphalian auctions," sums up auction manager Thomas Münch and thanks all those involved for the successful foal season.

Even though the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch ended the last online auction for foals this evening, the Westphalian auction merry-go-round continues to spin. True to the motto "Every week on monday...", 38 two-year-old youngsters will be up for sale in exactly one week. The 70 auction candidates of the 62nd Westphalian Elite Auction have also moved into their boxes in Münster-Handorf today and will be available for sale online on October 3. Both auction collections are available for viewing with complete pedigree information, photos and videos at onlineauction.westfalenpferde.de.