The first online auction from Youhorse.auction had barely finished and Mario Everse and Alan Waldman were already talking about the next one ‒ “within the month,” they even promised. On Sunday night, 41 two- and three-year-old showjumping horses were sold to stables all over the world for a total amount of 514,000 euro. The Americans did some fanatic shopping, resulting in nine purchases, including the three most expensive horses. Three others were scooped up by Canadian interests.
In barely two weeks time, Everse from Waddinxveen and Waldman from Putten put up the auction. Over a three-day period, six hundred bids were placed for the untrained ‘rough diamonds’ and the website received visitors from 89 different countries. “Isn’t that great? We are really very pleased. We noticed that regular clients bought the more expensive horses. That was a matter of confidence, but we also saw many buyers we did not know before. Well-known international riders came shopping, but also veterinarians. We had a bit of everything in our collection. From special talents, which you would have liked to keep yourself, to horses that went for less. There was something for every purse,” they said.
With ‘a bit of a heartache’ Everse saw his breeding product Diavolo Z (Diarado x Cicero Z x Chin Chin) go. “A horse that would not have been in our way, but you can not only offer horses that you do not want to keep yourself. There have to be some real special ones among them and they made good money.” H5 Stables from Wellington placed the winning bid of 52,500 euro. For 29,000 euro Alan HST Z (Aganix du Seigneur x Heartbreaker) will move to Ocala. And also Ice-Berg Z (Iceman de Muze x Heartbreaker) is going to the USA for 21,000 euro.