2005 Performance Plus Auction

Simsalabim, Price Highlight at 2005 Performance Plus Auction

September 10, 2005

The super moving Simsalabim became the price highlight at the 2005 Performance Plus auction in Vragender, The Netherlands. The 2-year old Oldenburg stallion by Sandro Hit x Alabaster sold as a stallion prospect to Joop van Uytert and Ad Valk for 120,000 euro.

The second highest priced horse was the 3-year old KWPN stallion Vonkenstein (Ferro x Havidoff). The black dressage prospect achieved a knock down price of 90,000 euro and sold to Sweden. The 3-year old Westfalian mare Florentina (Florestan x Weltmeyer), the full sister to Florencio and in foal to Sandro Hit, sold for 60,000 euro to France. The licensed stallion Rubin's Touch, by Rubinstein out of a full sister to Piccolino (Prince Thatch xx x Ganymed), sold to Germany for 50,000 euro.

The 2005 Performance Plus auction had a turnover of 1,203,500 euro. 65 horses sold in total achieving an average price of 18,000 euro per horses. There was a large interest from abroad as several horses sold to the USA, Spain, Switzerland, France, Sweden, Germany and Belgium.

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