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 2003
P.S.I. Auktion
Poetin Sold for World Record Price of 2,5
Million at P.S.I. Auction
December 7, 2003
 One of the most unique and talented dressage
horses of this decade has been sold for 2,500,000
Euro to the Netherlands at the 24th P.S.I. Auction
in Ankum, Germany. With single bids of 100,000 Euro,
Poetin's price rocketed quickly up to two million.
Ten parties
were interested in the Sandro Hit x Brentano II mare,
who became World Champion and Bundeschampion this year
by mesmering riders, judges and audience with her beauty
and exceptional
movements. Poetin, who was purchased
by Paul Schockemohle in September 2003, was
therefore the main attraction of the auction and lured
many extra visitors
to the
Artland
Sporthotel in Ankum, where the auction annually takes
place.
Uwe Heckmann was hardly able to control his blood
pressure and almost every spectator held his breath
in amazement. An excentric
Dutch couple, Peter and Patty van der Zwam purchased
the delightful mare for 2,5 million Euro and broke
Lord Sinclair's auction record of 2,8 million Deutsch
Marks by simply doubling the price. The Van der Zwams
own breeding stable De Keizershoeve in Kessel, The
Netherlands,
and will be using Poetin as a sport horse and brood
mare.
 The second most expensive dressage horse was also
sold to The Netherlands. Former FEI Dutch Pony Team
Member Mireille Witlox purchased the licensed
and performance
tested
Oldenburg stallion Dreamcatcher. This powerfully moving
stallion (Day Dream x Rubinstein I) finished third
this year at the Bundeschampionate and was considered
the second best horse of this year's P.S.I. collection.
Dreamcatcher has an incredible amount of self carriage
and potential. Witlox paid 406,000 Euro for the dark
bay stallion.
 Third most expensive dressage horse was the lovely
Golden Choice (Grand Cru x Westbury). Americans Tim
and Susan Dutta purchased the chestnut mare for 280,000
€ and
they were advised by trainer Klaus Balkenhol to bid
on this horse. "We just sold our Grand Prix horse Chalston
and another youngster and we wanted to invest into
a new talented horse," Dutta explained. Golden Choice
was Susan's personal favorite because of her lovely
gaits and superb rideability
Most expensive show jumping horse was not the World
Young Horse Champion Run DMC --he barely raised 180,000
€-- but Lord Luis, a Holstein Lasino x Alcatraz gelding,
who will move to Luxembourg for 880,000 €. Bundeschampionate
champion El Paso (Escudo x Werther) became property
of Klaus Osterdorf from Gestut Famos for 800,000 €.
The 24th Elite auction achieved a total amount of
11,573,000 Euro. The average price for a dressage horse
was 228,153 € and 216,961 € for a show jumper.
Text and Images copyrighted: Astrid Appels
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