THE HANOVERIAN

Auction
From Top-Sellers
to Good-Buys
The interest was huge and the collection of participants in the 128 th Elite Auction in
April was small but fancy. The riding horse auction result reflected a negative direction;
the price structure of the foals remained almost the same as last year.
By Dr. Michaela Weber-Hermann
The auction started out as one would want it to
and as smart marketing people saw it: Head
number one caused quite a stir at the beginning of
the 128 th elite auction. It was the first horse to
cause a stir but it was certainly not the only one!
Fritz found a new home with a loyal client from
Switzerland for 92,000 Euros. The five-year old
stallion by Farewell III/Londonderry (breeder: Annegreth
Winkelmann, Uplengen; exhibitor: Henrik
Klatte, H and H Klatte KG, Lastrup) will not leave
Lower Saxony though. He will stay in training with
Anna-Sophie Fiebelkorn. The renowned championship-rider
and trainer has a good hand with stallions.
This has been known to be a fact since she
rode the Hanoverian stallion Benetton by Brentano
II to become the much-celebrated Bundeschampion
of three-year old stallions in 2007! Now this
pair successfully competes at international level.
One can well imagine that Fritz who has already
been successful in riding- and dressage-horse classes
will do well under Anna-Sophie Fiebelkorn. The
impressive and as a premium sire declared stallion
who was licensed in Redefin is a member of the
Nordenburg family. He convinced the audience
and the buyer with his powerful and elastic movement
in trot and canter.
The second highest-priced horse was a mare with
head number 2 that had already created a stir
when she won the free-jumping competition for
four-year olds in Verden this year. Her name is
Penelope PJ; she is a daughter of the stallion Perigueux
who was awarded the Grande-Prize during
the Gala Evening the night before the auction.
Heinz-Dieter Gödecke bred this mare that convinced
with her powerful, ambitious, yet careful
jumping ability and style in Edemissen-Blumenhagen.
Dr. Jacobs GbR from Bierbergen was the exhibitor.
The mare out of the family of Sedalia had already
proven her jumping ability at the mare
performance test when she received a 10,0 for her
style as well as her ability. Canadian customers
bought this exceptional talent that descends from
a famous and successful family. Her granddam
called St.Pr. mare Weltdame was the overall champion
at the Louis-Wiegels-Show in 1984. It took
only 47,000.00 Euros to buy Penelope PJ. The collection
of jumpers this year was one of the best.
Chacco Grande by Chacco-Blue/Graf Top (breeder/
exhibitor: Torsten Siems, Marklohe-Oyle) was also
sold. The colorful chestnut stallion completed his
70-day test in Adelheidsdorf with a jumper score of
8,46. An investor from North-Rhine Westphalia
bought the athlete for 38,000.00 Euros. The fouryear
old stallion will remain in Verden’s training
and sales centre to further his athletic career with
Chacco Grande is one of the top
jumpers and will remain in Verden to
further his sporthorse career.
Photo: Beelitz
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