62nd Westphalia Elite Auction with sales of €1.6 million

Münster: The 62nd Westphalian Elite Auction was a complete success. With a total turnover of around 1.6 million euros, a total of 55 horses changed hands. Just under half of the horses changed hands to foreign owners. In total, customers from 16 countries outside Germany were successful. The price structure was led by Diamonique. The Don Nobless/Laudabilis daughter changed hands to Luxembourg at a hammer price of 202,000 Euros. Quasi Plus led the pack of show jumpers with a hammer price of 68,000 Euros. The auction candidates of the 62nd Westphalian Elite Auction had been at the Westphalian Horse Center for almost three weeks. Great was the interest of the international clientele throughout the auction period. In exciting bidding duels this elite auction ended this afternoon. It took a good 20 minutes before the virtual hammer fell for the first time. The bidding for the later top price, head number 4, was particularly exciting. Three parties fought for the Don Noblesse/Laudabilis daughter Diamonique (breeder and exhibitor: Maria Leusmann, Rheine) up to a price of 160,000 Euros. In the end, a customer from Luxembourg had the most staying power. At the highest price of 202,000 Euros, the virtual hammer fell for the strong-moving chestnut mare, who this year had the fourth-best result of the year in her mare performance test, with a final score of 8.41. This is not the first time that the quality of this mare line has been recognized by Westphalian customers. A year ago, her half-brother changed hands for 106,000 euros at the Westphalian Elite Auction. Two years ago, another son of La Bella Luna cost 126,000 euros. The large-framed Quantensprung/Belissimo M son with the head number 7 (breeder: Bernd Schulze-Tomberge, Senden; exhibitor: Kathrin Bücker, Senden) is a promising horse for the large arena. Quarkbällchen attracted attention not only with his name. With a lot of drive from the hind leg and a very good rideability, he will find his way into the upper dressage sport. The dark bay was worth 75,500 Euros to his new owners. The 42 dressage horses sold cost an average of 28,452 Euros. In this lot of dressage horses, five quality riding ponies were for sale. Four of them found a new owner today, two of them abroad. An average of 25,625 euros was invested in them. The most expensive offer was the licensed stallion Diamond Blue, who has already been successful in competitions. The son of FS Daddy Cool/FS Golden Moonlight (breeder: Ulrich and Katja Neuhaus, Overath; exhibitor: Dr. Stefanie Rothenberger-Krause Pferdepension, Bad Homburg) is a pony with strong movements and reliable traction for a direct start in the upcoming show season. Customers from the Netherlands and Sweden fought for a long time to win the contract for the palomino stallion. In the end, the attractive stallion will move to a stable in the Netherlands for 38,500 Euros. The lot of show jumpers was also very popular with the Westphalian auction customers. At 5 p.m. the bid-up on the 13 auction candidates started. Already in the run-up the bids came in from all over the world. The price structure was ultimately led by the head number 53 Quasi Plus. The Quasimodo van de Molendreef/Quinta Real son (breeder: Ignaz Berger, Sulzenbach-Rosenberg; exhibitor: IB Berger Zucht- und Aussbildungsstall, Sulzenbach-Rosenberg) was premium stallion at the 2019 licensing in Münster-Handorf. Now victorious and highly placed several times in tests for young show jumpers, the bay is a performance horse with prospects for the big course. The half-brother to Comme Prévu from the Sosath station and closely related to Comilfo Plus Z was sold to loyal customers for 68,000 Euros after a long bidding war. Caballero by Cartello VDL/Ahorn (breeder: Lukas Enting, Netherlands; exhibitor: Sportpferde Beckmann GmbH & Co.KG, Wettringen). The gray stallion is a guarantor for high-level show jumping. He was worth 45,500 Euros to customers from South America. All the show jumping talents on offer changed hands today at an average price of 30,385 euros. Among other things, they will continue to be promoted in championship stables. The 62nd Westphalian Elite Auction generated total sales of 1,590,000 euros. A total of 55 horses changed hands that afternoon at an average price of 28,909 euros. This corresponds to a sales quota of 92 percent. There was great interest from abroad. 47 percent of the horses sold will be further promoted in 16 different countries outside Germany. All over the world the Westphalian auction horses will be at home in the future. These include Luxembourg, Hungary, Spain, Austria Canada, Switzerland, France, Great Britain, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Australia and Italy.

Source: Press release Westfalian Horses