International Buyers Secure Oldenburg Athletes at Auction Festival

Customers from all over the world secured their Oldenburg future stars in Vechta for a total of over 1 million euros on Saturday, December 4th. More than half of the auction horses of the 6th Oldenburg Special Edition will cause a sensation among Oldenburg friends in 13 different countries in the future, and one third will make the journey across the ocean to North America.

The quality of the riding horse collection was demonstrated in the great result with a turnover of over 1 million euros and an average price of 36,500 euros. More than a thousand online bids received within 24 hours made this the ultimate auction finale in the 2021 auction year.

Dressage friends from Switzerland bought their Christmas present in Vechta for 120,000 euros. The great four-year-old Summerville by Sezuan – Diamond Hit – Florencio I, from the renowned breeders Hans & Britta Scherbring GbR from Visbek, Lower Saxony, comes from the renowned Fackila dam line. Dam Faszination is the sister of the US Champion Mare Damon’s Fantasy/Kathy Priest, USA. His famous Fackila dam line is the origin of the licensed Grand Prix-successful Fackeltanz OLD from the Max-Theurer dressage stable and the European Championships bronze medallist Delaunay OLD under Patrik Kittel, SWE.

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The second most expensive horse with a knock-down price of 83,500 euros was the three-year-old Fleur Belle by Fürst Romancier – Don Larino – Wolkentanz, bred by Beate Wedermann from Wangerland, Lower Saxony, and exhibited by Stefanie Dresch from Bad Grund, Lower Saxony. Her brother Ben Hur by Bonifatius is Intermediaire I successful/Andreas Hubertus. Her dam is sister to Don Frederic/Rodolpho Riskalla, BRA, and Diva Larina/Grand Prix with Miriam Alber. The stunning mare made for the biggest bidding duel of the online auction with over 135 bids. She will be trained at Evi Strasser’s Good Tyme Stables in Ste-Adele, Québec, in the future.

For 66,000 Euros, the third top price was the five-year-old excellently-bred jumping athlete Nemo by Nabab de Reve – Van Gogh – Argentinus, bred by Bernhard Moss from Meppen, Lower Saxony. Nemo went to new customers in the USA. The powerful jumper has already been placed in 1.30 m classes. From the line of the internationally successful Argelith Golo/Gerd Wiltfang, Böckmann’s Lamour/Gilbert Böckmann and Comcador OLD/Sandra Auffarth.

A young European champion from Germany secured the four-year-old picture-perfect Rendezvous by Revolution – Ampere – Sandro Hit, bred by David Taylor from Stuhr, Bremen, and exhibited by Perkovic Equestrian Investment from Bremen, for 58,500 Euros. Her dam Alicia is the sister of the licensed Manolo by Morricone I.

The 6th Oldenburg Online Special Edition of the Oldenburg Verband was the crowning finale of a brilliant year where 19 of 31 auction candidates were bought by Oldenburg friends from abroad. In the future they will bring joy to the USA (7), France (1), Great Britain (1), Canada (1), Colombia (1), Norway (1), Austria (1), Portugal (1), Russia (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Spain (1) and Venezuela (1). The 6th Oldenburg Special Edition shone with an average price of around 36,500 euros and a turnover of 1,131,000 euros.

“In 2021 we experienced growth on all fronts. Fantastic auctions characterised a brilliant Oldenburg auction year. For the first time, the Oldenburger Pferde Vermarktungs GmbH organised hybrid auctions in Vechta – with great success. The noble black mare Superb is the ultimate price leader; no three-year-old mare at an association auction has ever been knocked down for a price higher than 450,500 Euros. A brilliant result that we owe above all to our loyal breeders and exhibitors. We wish all Oldenburg friends a wonderful Christmas and continued joy and success with their Oldenburg horses,” said managing director Heiner Kanowski, summing up an impressive year 2021.

Price list of the 6th Oldenburg Special Edition here.

~ with files from Hemken Tobias