Vaderland son for the highest price of 20,000 Euros

Successful dam lines are favorites

Münster: A son of Vaderland advanced to the top price at the Westphalian Online Auction for foals this evening. Versace B was worth 20,000 Euros to the owners of his sire Vaderland. The foals from successful dam lines were particularly desired. There was great interest from abroad, the bids came from all over the world. 18 foals changed owners in the end. On average, the customers invested 8,403 Euros in the young Westphalians.

The most popular offer of the evening was a son of Vaderland, who recommended himself with a fantastic performance. Versace B (breeder and exhibitor: ZG Butkus, Overath) did not only shine with his appealing movement potential. His dam line raises great hopes for the future of this stallion prospect. His dam, St.Pr.St. Francine B by Fidertanz, is the full sister of the former Champion Stallion of the Westphalian Main Licensing, Flanagan, who was highly successful in international Grand Prix competitions. A half-brother to these two is the For Romance son For Dance, who is also well known from breeding and sport. For 20,000 Euros, the owners of Vaderland from the Netherlands secured the son of their stallion. The most popular offer among the foals predispositioned for jumping was the Pegase van't Ruytershof son Picasso (breeder and exhibitor: Werner Schultze, Langlingen). His dam Karamia is no less than the full sister to the outstanding show jumping winner Karajan, who is internationally successful under the saddle of Marco Kutscher. For 12,0000 Euros, IB Berger GmbH together with Sportpferde Beckmann GmbH were won the bid for this highly interesting colt. They also discovered Karajan. The son of the advanced level successful Bellini Royal out of the also advanced level successful Clays Argentina by Clay was discovered by dressage experts. Bengalo-Fire (breeder and exhibitor: Annette Nuphaus, Beckum) was worth 11,500 Euros to his new owners, Hilgartner zu Nendorf Sportpferde GmbH, after an exciting bidding duel. The colt will start his future championship career under the saddle of Mareike Mimberg.

The most popular filly comes from the jumping circuit and also descents from a first-class dam line. Tilda by Tangelo v.d. Zuuthoeve/Contender (breeder: ZG Waldyna/Fuest, Paderborn, exhibitor: Katrin Fuest, Paderborn) is the half-sister of the licensed Master by Mylord Carthago. Under the saddle of the French A. Minier, the stallion collected international successes. This typey Amazon sparked an interesting bidding duel between Switzerland and Argentina. Customers from Switzerland secured the bay mare for 10,500 Euros.

Overall, the interest in Westphalian foals from abroad was great. Numerous pre-bids came from all over the world, for example from Argentina or Mexico. Four foals will eventually grow up outside of Germany. Among the lucky buyers were customers from the Netherlands, Estonia and Belgium. Of the 23 foals offered for auction, about 80 percent changed hands. On average, the customers invested 8,403 Euros in the offspring.