Westphalian Winter Auction continues on the road to success

Youngster auction also with top sales results

Münster: The second part of the Westphalian Winter Auction was also very successful. 27 youngsters changed owners at an average price of 17,648 Euros. Bohemian Rhapsody R, who sold for 32,000 Euros, was the most sought after offer. The top show jumper was Cool Jumper HB. He changed hands for 29,000 Euros.

After the successful start of the Westphalian Winter Auction yesterday, the online auction of the youngsters was also more than satisfactory. The international clientele was strong and engaged in extended bidding duels. Up to seven horses were in the final bidding phase at the same time. Of the 28 three-year-olds offered for sale, 27 changed hands this evening. With a total turnover of 476,500 Euros, an average of 17,648 Euros was invested in the young horses for dressage and jumping. Ten of the horses sold cracked the 20,000 Euro mark. The equestrian career for half of the young horses will start outside of Germany. Together with the riding horses, the winter auction of the Westphalian Stud Book generated a total turnover of about 1.8 million Euros.

Head number 106 Bohemian Rhapsody R trotted to the top of the price structure with the hammer price of 32,000 Euros. Bred and exhibited by Dr. Frauke Reichert, Reinbek, the bay stallion is a young star with championship quality. Beautiful, modern in appearance and with outstanding movement quality, this son of Borsalino/Duke of Oldenburg attracts the attention of the professional audience. He will be trained in the future by Kira Laura Soddemann. Just below him in the price range was the head number 110 Fürst Frisia. The son of Fürst Toto/Don Larino (breeder and exhibitor: Wolfgang Weßling, Westoverledingen) is a large-framed, impressive movement artist with a modern appearance. A dressage horse for whom the path to sport is open. He changed hands for 31,500 Euros.

Eleven bidders competed with 37 bids for the Conthargos/Calido son with the head number 109. Cool Jumper HB (breeder and exhibitor: Heinrich Bremer Jun., Neustadt) descents from a highly successful dam line. The heart of a show jumpering interests literally blossoms with this young and very talented rough diamond. With a hammer price of 29,000 Euros, he advanced to the most popular offer for the show jumping ring. In the future, he will be at home in an international show jumping stable in Ireland