At the 96th Oldenburg Elite Auction, the two Secret sons of the premium lot of the 11th Oldenburg Saddle Licensing achieved the top prices. Both top horses moved to a top dressage stable in Bavaria.

The Ic premium stallion of the 11th Oldenburg Saddle Licensing, Scotland Yard (2019), by Secret out of Elfenwald by Fürst Romancier – De Niro – Rohdiamant, bred by Wilfried Fleming from Löningen/Lower Saxony and exhibited by Tai Trading Agency GmbH, Austria, was the price highlight. The black stallion fetched 280,000 euros under his excellent trainer David Taylor and moved to a successful grand prix rider in southern Germany. Scotland Yard was discovered at the Elite Foal Auction in Vechta and comes from the famous Elfenblume dam line like the Grand Prix winning star sire Depardieu.

Second-highest seller was Secret’s Hit, born in 2019, by Secret out of Weisssilber by Sandro Hit – Rubinstein I – Inselfürst, bred by Marco Trier, Schlitz/Hessen, and exhibited by Hans Henning Grönwoldt, Schleswig/Schleswig-Holstein. Secret’s Hit also moved to the renowned dressage stable in Bavaria for 165,000 euros. The black stallion comes from the famous Weissena dam line, just like Isabell Werth’s Weihegold OLD and rising star Total Hope OLD, ridden by Isabel Freese.

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