Magical foals in Münster-Handorf

Fantastic OnLive auction of dressage foals

Münster: The foals predispositioned for dressage enchanted the Westphalian audience. After a successful start yesterday evening, the second part of the OnLive auction in Münster-Handorf went off with excellent results. 53 of the foals offered changed hands at an average price of 11,160 Euros. With a knock-down price of 62,000 Euros, Zauber advanced to the top priced foal.

Just in time for the start of the auction at 4 pm., the cloud cover cleared in Münster-Handorf. In four hours 60 foals predispositioned for dressage were offered at the OnLive auction. The weather was perfect and numerous visitors came to see the quality foals live. The auction got off to a magical start right at the beginning with head number one. The colt with the significant name Zauber enchanted the audience. The son of Zauberlehrling PS/De Niro trotted his way into the hearts of the spectators. The bids quickly rose to the top. The hammer on the desk of auctioneer Thomas Münch fell at 62,000 euros for the benefit of customers at home at the screen. The half-brother of this stallion prospect is the licensed Zauberlehrling, who advanced to the top price at this year's Spring Elite Auction. These two promising dressage offspring come from the breeding house of Klaus Große-Lembeck, Telgte, who also exhibited Zauber. In the future, Zauber will be at home at a stallion breeder and trainer in North Rhine-Westphalia.

After three colts changed hands in the course of the afternoon for a knock-down price of 28,000 Euros, the one but last foal outbid this top price shortly before the end of the auction. The bids quickly went up. A real bidding duel broke out between two customers in the tent at the dressage arena in Münster-Handorf. The chestnut colt with the head number 59 had taken the fancy of two bidding parties. The quality Life Time/Sir Heinrich son (breeder and exhibitor: Petra Möllenhoff, Lippetal) with the name Live Music changed hands for 30,000 Euros.

The expert audience on site and on the screens also had to wait longer for the most expensive filly. Fantasy (breeder and exhibitor: Hernier Beringmeier, Delbrück) trotted into the ring with the head number 48. The dam, St.Pr.St. Ratina B by Rock Forever, was the champion mare of the Elite Show at the same venue in 2017. This strong-moving daughter of the popular sire Franziskus not only trotted her way into the hearts of the local customers. The dark bay filly was sold to an online customer for 18,500 Euros.

With a sales quota of 88 percent this OnLive auction was more than satisfactory for the Westphalian Stud Book! Of the 60 foals offered for sale, 53 were able to find a new owner today. Like yesterday, the offer to bid online was also very well received. 21 foals were knocked down online. A total of seven foals will leave Germany in the future. The dressage foals sold generated a total turnover of 591,500 Euros. On average, customers had to invest 11,160 Euros in their future hope for the dressage arena. 15 foals cracked the 10,000 Euro mark. "Today's auction of dressage foals went off with an excellent result. I am highly satisfied that we were able to sell almost all foals at top prices. I would like to sincerely thank all customers online and on site who put their trust in the Westphalian Auction Place! But of course also to all breeders, without whose foals the foal auction experience would not be possible at all. I am also particularly pleased that our OnLive system in cooperation with the HORSEMEDIA GmbH worked so successfully and without complications," said auction manager Thomas Münch, thanking all those involved both in front of and behind the scenes. A total of 72 foals were sold at an average price of 10,545 euros during the two auction days at the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch.

The attached photo can be used free of charge in connection with the PM. (Photo credit: Reckimedia)
BU 1: Most popular offer number 1 Zauber v. Zauberlehrling PS