The premium stallion by Donkey Boss/Don Olymbrio L was sold for 2 million euros at the auction (Photo: Hannoveraner Verband)
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Verden. The Niedersachsenhalle was on fire when the hammer came down. A Donkey Boss/Don Olymbrio L son was sold to Denmark for 2 million euros. The quality of the licensing collection was high. Thirty-eight of the 76 stallions presented were licensed, and ten of them were awarded a premium. The average price for 37 licensed stallions was 147,257 euros. The Verden stallion licensing and the stallion sales for dressage stallions were well attended. Each premium stallion was celebrated, and the atmosphere was very positive.
The Hannoveraner chestnut stallions were in high demand. First and foremost, the Donkey Boss/Don Olymbrio L son (breeder: Stutteri G, Lynge/DEN, exhibitor: Stutteri G and Hesselhoeji.dk, Lynge/DEN), who offered something very special as the last premium stallion presented at the end of the licensing. “A horse that gives you goosebumps,” said the licensing committee, headed by breeding director Ulrich Hahne. Helgstrand Dressage did not miss this opportunity and purchased the exceptional stallion out of the dam line of Jadeluft at auction for 2 million euros.
A liver chestnut stallion by Vitalis/Apache (breeder: Johannes Baumeister, Kranenburg) will move into a stallion box at Klosterhof Medingen. His exhibitor, Stephanie Hüffer from Süsel, had discovered the typey premium stallion two years ago at an online auction of the Verden Foal Spring and was delighted with the hammer price of 480,000 euros. A sport-oriented stallion station from southern Hesse held its breath the longest for a For Romance/Christ son (breeder and exhibitor: Thomas Ehrengut, Bad Oldesloe), who has already produced numerous top horses such as the successfully competing Cadeau Noir. He changed hands for 270,000 euros.
The Celle State Stud secured two premium stallions, both black. The full brother of Bundeschampion Segantini by Secret/Fidermark (breeder: Dr. Christine Feichtinger, Vaduz/LIE, exhibitor: Horse Performance GbR, Vaduz/LIE) impressed with his good overall impression and will follow in his brother's hoofprints. Auctioneer Bernd Hickert accepted the bid at 275,000 euros. A Total Diamond PS/Asgard's Ibiza son (breeder and exhibitor: Heinrich Gießelmann, Barver) will also move into a stallion box in Celle for 245,000 euros. With a Dimaggio Black/Revolution son, Heinrich Gießelmann presented a second premium stallion he bred himself. The liver chestnut stallion, who has numerous top-class dressage horses in his dam line of Lunda, was sold to a regular customer from Lower Saxony for 230,000 euros.
A stud farm from Austria, which has been buying riding horses and foals in Verden for many years, secured its first premium stallion: a Borsalino/Danone son (breeder and exhibitor: Michael Schenk, Römstedt), whose full sister Barcelona with the breeder's son Jacob Schenk had been Vice Hannoveraner and Vice Bundeschampion in 2019. He was sold at 210,000 euros. A son of Franco Nero/Belstaff (breeder: Susann Heise, Achim, exhibitor: Hengststation Ferienhof Stücker, Weetze) had harmonious proportions and plenty of charm. A buyer from Saarland paid 150,000 euros for him. A strong-moving Zauberlehrling PS/Franz-Ferdinand son (breeder: Rene Zuidema, Basdahl, exhibitor: IB Berger, Sulzbach-Rosenberg) will be moving into a stall at a stallion station in Schleswig-Holstein for 120,000 euros. The last premium stallion of the stallion sales, a San Amour/Cachassini son (breeder: Christoph Gehre, Weeze, exhibitor: Peter Gehre, Weeze), achieved the same price. He will leave Germany for the Netherlands.
After the premium stallions, the licensed and non-licensed stallions were auctioned in the Niedersachsenhalle. The State Stud Schwaiganger in Bavaria purchased a bay stallion by Secret Game/Rock Forever (breeder: Robert Drenker, Drensteinfurt, exhibitor: BG Drenker and Holkenbrink, Münster). Helgstrand Dressage secured a second stallion with a Bonds/Dancier son (breeder and exhibitor: Helmut Bäßmann, Meitze) at a cost of 135,000 euros. 33 non-licensed stallions achieved an average of 21,803 euros. A son of Zakaria/Sir Donnerhall (breeder: Michaela Parge, Seevetal, exhibitor: Finn Brunckhorst, Halvesboste) will find its way into the Olympic hands of a regular customer. The liver chestnut was sold at 64,000 euros.
Before the exciting stallion sales began, a show programme got the numerous spectators in the Niedersachsenhalle in the right mood. Olympic participant Toto Jr. by Totilas/Desperados (breeder: ZG Schmidt, Naumburg) received the Grande Prize that had already been awarded in spring. The privately owned stallion was also awarded the name affix FRH of the Hannoveraner Förderverein for his sporting successes with Hans Peter Minderhoud in the saddle. The Fritz von der Decken Prize for the most successful stallion rearer went to the Schult family from Hünxe, who have repeatedly presented high-quality young stallions in Verden’s Schaufenster in recent years. The highlight of the event was the presentation of the Hannoveraner Stallion of the Year, Benetton Dream FRH by Brentano II/Rotspon (breeder: Axel Windeler, Verden-Walle).